65 Killed In Pak Train Fire; People Could Be Heard Crying Inside Coaches

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The fire destroyed three of the train's carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan's Punjab province.

ISLAMABAD: 

At least 65 people were killed and dozens wounded after a passenger train erupted in flames in central Pakistan on Thursday, a provincial minister said.

Television footage showed flames pouring out of the carriages as people could be heard crying in the incident near Rahim Yar Khan district in Punjab province.

"According to information reaching us from site of the accident, more than 65 people were killed and over 40 injured," provincial health minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid told AFP.

The wounded were being rushed to hospitals in the nearby city of Bahawalpur and elsewhere in Rahim Yar Khan district, she said, adding that only 18 of the bodies were identifiable.

"Terrible... train tragedy with gas cylinder carried by passenger exploding," tweeted human rights minister Shireen Mazari.

Local media reported that some of the passengers had been cooking breakfast when the cylinder exploded.

Mazari said the train was the Tezgam, one of Pakistan's oldest and most popular train services, which runs between the garrison city of Rawalpindi, adjacent to Islamabad, and the southern port city of Karachi.

Train accidents are common in Pakistan, where the railways have seen decades of decline due to corruption, mismanagement and lack of investment.

In July, at least 23 people were killed in the same district when a passenger train coming from the eastern city of Lahore rammed into a goods train that had stopped at a crossing.

Accidents often happen at unmanned crossings, which frequently lack barriers and sometimes signals.

 

Prime Minister Imran Khan was elected last year on promises to build an Islamic welfare state but an ongoing economic slowdown and austerity measures have hampered efforts to invest in infrastructure and social programmes.

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At least 65 people were killed and scores injured on Thursday as a massive fire broke out on a moving train after cooking gas stoves carried by some passengers exploded in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province.

The Tezgam Express was on its way from Karachi to Lahore when the fire broke out, destroying three bogies at Liaquatpur near Rahim Yar Khan, some 400 km from here.

District Police Officer Amir Taimur said 65 passengers lost their lives after the fire erupted in three coaches.

Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said most of the victims belonged to the Tableeghi Jamaat (Islamic preachers) who were going to Lahore to attend a major annual congregation at Raiwind.

The Railway Minister said gas stoves carried by some passengers blew up when they were preparing breakfast on the speeding train in violation of rules.

 

“Some of the passengers started making breakfast on small gas cylinders they had brought with them when they exploded and the fire engulfed the three coaches,” he said.

Most deaths occurred from people jumping off the train, he added.

He said the toll could rise further as more than 40 passengers had suffered severe burns.

Rescue operation is under way and army helicopters are helping to shift the injured to hospitals, according to a statement by the military.

Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed grief over the incident and directed authorities to provide the best medical treatment to the injured.

The authorities said they were still trying to identify the victims and that the lists of fatalities and those injured were not ready yet. PTI

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Blast in Pakistan train kills 62 after passengers bring along cylinder to cook breakfast

At least 62 people were killed and several others injured as a massive fire broke out on a train in Pakistan's in eastern Punjab province on Thursday after a gas canister carried by a passenger exploded.

 

 

Gas Cylinder carrying ah vaalla mistake moolanga entha praana nastam 

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Breakfast kavalante Gas Cylinder teesuku vellala?

 

 

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1 minute ago, AndhraneedSCS said:

Breakfast kavalante Gas Cylinder teesuku vellala?

 

 

Vaalle chesukotaaniki teesukupoyinattunaru... Strange no checking was there, and some where mentioned its kind of common ani..

Long back sigris India lonu village people carry chesevaaru teliyaka in trains,some freak accidents kuda ayyayi & later carrying such inflammable items was prohibited so gradually reduced...

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5 hours ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

papam , gorram edhi........... chusthunte ne chuchu padthundhi... 

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