HYDERABAD, India: An official says at least 25 people have died in a fire that swept through a running train in southern India. Associated Press reported.
District Collector B. Sridha says the train stopped after fire in one coach was noticed by an official at a railroad station Monday.
He says the fire was believed to have been caused by a short circuit in the coach. It has been extinguished and at least 22 injured people have been hospitalized.
The fire was reported at Nellore, a town nearly 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh state.
Sridha says the rescue operation is continuing and the death toll is likely to rise.