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LUCKNOW: Passengers of the Delhi-bound Sadbhavana Express had a narrow escape when the axle wheel of the train caught fire.Train number 14013 Sultanpur-Delhi Sadbhavana Express had to be stopped between Utrathia and Lucknow on Sunday evening after the axle wheel of one of the general coaches of the train caught fire.The sparks from the wheel caused passengers to panic as some of them even tried to jump out of the train. The train was stopped for about an hour between Utrathia and Lucknow to fix the problem.The fire, however, could not be controlled and the coach was detached from the train. The passengers of the coach were accommodated in other trains and ferried to Lucknow."Passengers are not at any loss and we will attend to them in Lucknow," said Ashwini Srivastava senior divisional commercial manager, Lucknow, Northern Railway.