Friday, May 16, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Burning train claims 38 lives
Laddowal (Ludhiana), May 15
Thirty-eight persons, including women and children, lost their lives when a fire engulfed three coaches of the Golden Temple Mail (Frontier Mail) en route to Amritsar from Mumbai. The fire broke out within 10 minutes of the train leaving Ludhiana station in the early hours today. Twelve critically injured passengers are struggling for life in Ludhiana hospitals.
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MORE PHOTOS Rescue workers carry the body of a victim from the Amritsar-bound Golden Temple Express, which caught fire near Laddowal railway station, 10 km from Ludhiana, on Thursday. — Tribune photo Pradeep Tewari

Nitish announces Rs 1 lakh ex gratia
Probe ordered into accident
Ludhiana, May 15
Refusing to assign any specific reasons for today’s fire tragedy in the Frontier Mail (Golden Temple Express), the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, said the investigations were on and nothing could be said at this stage.

Villagers rush to help
Manj Phagowal, Ludhiana, May 15
The scene for womenfolk in this nondescript village along the Ludhiana-Amritsar tracks near Ludhiana was different before the dawn today as they were the first to see a train with three coaches burning in flames.

Gurdwara sounds SOS
Editorial: The Burning Train
Ludhiana page: Train fire tragedy shocks residents

Army men rescue 200
Laddowal (Ludhiana), May 15
The Indian Army slogan “I am an army man” could not be proved more right than it did on Thursday when three Army personnel travelling aboard the Golden Temple Mail put their lives at stake to save over 200 passengers entrapped in the three ill-fated compartments of the train.

Driver prevents spread of fire

Jalandhar doc among victims
Jalandhar, May 15
While leaving Mumbai for Jalandhar, Dr Alphonsa Chelapurath, administrator of Sacred Heart Hospital, Maqsudan and renowned social worker, could not have thought that fire would engulf her along with others on the Frontier Express.

Couple thanks Almighty for providential escape Amritsar, May 15 After surviving the terrible fire that engulfed the Frontier Express in the early hours of today, newly-wedded couple Surjeet Singh and Manmeet Kaur along with their family members went to the Golden temple to thank The Almighty for their providential escape and sought blessings for their newly wedded life on the holy occasion of ‘Sangrand’. Miraculous escape for many train passengers Ludhiana, May 15 Fate could not have been kinder to the dozen odd passengers who disembarked from the Golden Temple Mail, just minutes before the three coaches of the train burst into flames claiming many lives.