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| At least 60 dead in Pakistan train fire, police say | |
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| At least 60 passengers died when a train travelling from the Pakistani city of Karachi to Lahore caught fire, police say. | |
| Local media said the fire was caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder being used by passengers cooking food. | |
| The blaze is thought to have spread to at least three carriages. | The blaze is thought to have spread to at least three carriages. |
| According to officials cited in local media, many of the victims died as they tried to jump off the burning train. | According to officials cited in local media, many of the victims died as they tried to jump off the burning train. |
| Another 30 people have reportedly been injured and officials say the number of dead may still rise. | |
| "Two cooking stoves blew up. They were cooking, they had (cooking) oil which added fuel to fire," Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, minister for railways, said. | |
| Passengers bringing stoves onto trains in order to cook meals on long journeys is a common problem, the minister added. | |
| The accident happened near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of the Punjab province. | The accident happened near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of the Punjab province. |
| Pakistan has a history of railway accidents with multiple deaths. Casualty figures are often so high because trains are packed with far greater numbers than they were designed for. | |
| In July, 11 people died in an accident, with four dying in another accident in September. | |
| In 2007, at least 56 people were killed and more than 120 injured in a crash near Mehrabpur. | |
| And in 2005, more than 130 people were killed when three trains collided in Sindh province in one of the country's worst train disasters. |