DEADLY BLAST KILLS 70 PEOPLE AFTER PASSENGERS CARRY CYLINDER ON TRAIN TO COOK BREAKFAST

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By Vinershea | Oct 31, 2019 01:31 PM

In a sad and shocking case, at least 70 people were killed and several others seriously injured after a massive blast took place on a train in Pakistan. The incident happened after a gas canister carried by a passenger exploded.

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The train titled as Tezgam Express, was on its way to Rawalpindi from Karachi when the incident took place. This blast destroyed three of the train’s carriages at Liaquatpur near Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province.

According to CNN reports, a Pakistan Railways official stated that the fire was caused by the explosion in a gas cylinder. Some passengers were cooking breakfast when the gas cylinder exploded. 

As the cylinder exploded, it took two economy class bogies and one business class in its flames. As the fire increased, it engulfed two other coaches as well.

The alert locals along with the help of medical staff took the injured to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment. Currently, army troops, paramedics and an army aviation helicopter are on site for rescue operation. 

Seventy people are dead and another 30 are injured, said Nadeem Zia, the medical supervisor of District Headquarters Hospital in Liaquatpur, a city in Rahim Yar Khan district, CNN added. 

Even after strict warnings of gas cylinders being banned on trains, passengers were using gas-powered cookers to prepare breakfast when the explosion took place, a local police officer Amir Taimoor told media. 

Hours after the incident, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed stated that the fire has been droused and cooling efforts were underway.

அரசியல், விளையாட்டு, நாட்டுநடப்பு, குற்ற சம்பவங்கள், வர்த்தகம், தொழில்நுட்பம், சினிமா, வாழ்க்கை முறை என பலதரப்பட்ட சுவாரஸ்யமான செய்திகளை தமிழில் படிக்க இங்கு கிளிக் செய்யவும்      

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