At least 25 people were killed and 50 injured when a locomotive smashed through ...
CAIRO - At least 25 people were killed and 50 injured when a locomotive smashed through the buffer stop at Cairo’s main train station on Wednesday, causing an explosion and a fire, state television and witnesses said.
Security sources said there was no indication that the crash was deliberate. The transport minister said the train’s diesel tank had exploded. People gather at the main train station after a fire caused deaths and injuries, in Cairo, Egypt, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Egypt has one of the oldest and largest rail networks in the region and accidents causing casualties have been common. A train collision in Alexandria killed more than 40 people in 2017.
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