RPF constable dies tackling smoke in empty coach at Muzaffarpur railway station

• An alleged fire breaks out at Valsad-Muzaffarpur train at Muzaffarpur railway station
• RPF constable Vinod Yadav loses his life while controlling smoke 
• CPRO asserts "it wasn't fire, it was only smoke billowing out from the coach"

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable named Vinod Yadav lost his life while attempting to control smoke emanating from an empty coach of a train at Muzaffarpur railway station on Monday, according to officials.

Birendra Kumar, the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of East Central Railway, stated, "Prima facie it appears that the incident took place when the victim noticed smoke billowing out from a coach of the empty Valsad-Muzaffarpur train at Muzaffarpur railway station at around 7 am."

"Preliminary inputs from the site suggest that he immediately picked up a fire extinguisher….the moment he tried to open the extinguisher, it burst out…this caused him severe injuries," Kumar explained.

The CPRO clarified that the entire train was unoccupied when the incident occurred, and it had already terminated at Muzaffarpur railway station. "It was not a fire. It was only smoke billowing out from the coach. The injured RPF constable was immediately taken to the nearest hospital, where he died during treatment. The smoke coming out from the empty coach was immediately brought under control. The exact cause of the incident can be known only after a thorough probe. An inquiry will be ordered to ascertain the cause of the incident," he said.