ISLAMABAD: At least 46 people lost their lives on Thursday as a fire broke out on a train in Pakistan.
The fire broke out after a gas cylinder exploded inside the train which the passengers were using to cook breakfast.
According to a report, 42 people sustained injuries and have been rushed to the nearest hospital.
Three coaches of the Tezgam express caught fire in Liaqatpur near Pakistan’s Rahim Yar Khan town situated in the south of the Punjab province.
The death toll is expected to rise further, news agencies said.
Pakistan’s colonial-era railway network has fallen into disrepair in recent decades due to chronic under-investment and poor maintenance.
Eleven people were killed in an accident in July and four in another accident in September.
About 130 people were killed in 2005 when a train rammed into another at a station in Sindh province, and a third train hit the wreckage.
(Agencies)
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