Overview
- Flames were detected shortly after midnight near Yelamanchili in Anakapalli district, where the loco pilot halted the train and triggered an evacuation.
- B1 and M2 air‑conditioned coaches were gutted and later detached, with the remaining rake reorganized before the train continued toward Ernakulam.
- Police confirmed one fatality and identified the victim as 70-year-old Chandrasekhar Sundaram, whose body was recovered from the B1 coach.
- Officials said roughly 82 passengers were in one affected coach and 76 in the other; those displaced were moved to Samarlakota, with APSRTC buses and replacement coaches arranged.
- Rail traffic in the Waltair Division was delayed or regulated during the response, with several services held before operations began recovering, and investigators examining possible brake-related ignition as an unconfirmed lead.