Pakistan train fire, 65 dead

Thursday,31 October 2019 09:03 AM IST

Lahore: On Thursday at least 65 people were killed and dozens injured as a massive fire broke out on a moving train after some passenger cooking gas stoves exploded in the eastern Punjab province of Pakistan. The train, Tezgam Express, was on its way from Karachi to Lahore when the fire broke out, destroying three bogies near Rahim Yar Khan in Liaquatpur, about 400 km from Lahore. The police officials said that most of the victims belonged to the Tableeghi Jamaat (Islamic preachers) who went to Raiwind to attend a large annual congregation.