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16:50, 27-Feb-2019
At least 20 killed, over 40 injured in Cairo train station fire
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17:42, 27-Feb-2019
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At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 others were injured after a huge fire broke out at the central train station in Egypt's capital Cairo, Reuters reported, citing state TV.
Photographs on social media showed clouds of black smoke billowing from the building of the Ramses train station in central Cairo.
Several reports said the fire was caused by an explosion.
A member of security forces gestures as rescue workers and people gather at the scene after a fire caused deaths and injuries at the main train station in Cairo, Egypt, February 27, 2019. /VCG Photo
A member of security forces gestures as rescue workers and people gather at the scene after a fire caused deaths and injuries at the main train station in Cairo, Egypt, February 27, 2019. /VCG Photo
A witness said there was a blast when a train rammed into a barrier at Ramses station in central Cairo, and he had seen charred bodies on the ground.
"I was standing on the platform and I saw the train speed into the barrier," eyewitness Mina Ghaly told Reuters.
"Everyone started running but a lot of people died after the locomotive exploded."
"I saw at least nine corpses lying on the ground, charred."
The death toll is expected to rise.
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