On Friday afternoon, passengers at Muzaffarpur Junction raised a commotion when the air conditioning in the free AC waiting hall on platform 1 stopped working and smoke filled the room. The passengers left the waiting hall and gathered outside after the air conditioning stopped working and smoke started to fill the...
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room. The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrived after being informed and calmed the passengers down. The passengers reported that the AC was already off and while they were sitting inside, a cleaning worker sprayed bleach in the nearby toilet, causing the waiting room to fill with smoke. The passengers experienced burning eyes and difficulty breathing, which led them to evacuate the waiting hall and create a disturbance. The cleaning department stated that bleach is routinely sprayed in the toilets and that the incident was caused by the smell of bleach. They claimed that there were no major issues and the situation normalized within a few minutes, after which passengers returned to the waiting hall.