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20 dead and 40 injured in fire at Cairo train station

Published 09:50 27 Feb 2019 GMT

Updated 09:57 27 Feb 2019 GMT

Reuben Pinder
20 dead and 40 injured in fire at Cairo train station

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The death toll is expected to rise

At least 20 people have been killed and 40 more have been injured in a fire at the main train station in Egypt's capital city, Cairo, according to Egyptian medical officials. Mohammed Said, the head of the Cairo Railroad hospital, is expecting the death toll to rise further. Footage circulating on social media shows black smoke emerging from the main building of the train station. The fire is understood to have been caused by a fuel tank on a speeding train exploding as it was heading into the Ramses station in downtown Cairo. A witness said he heard a blast before the train hit a steel barrier. "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." https://twitter.com/khalid_pk/status/1100681344793919488 https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1100692022170550273

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20 dead and 40 injured in fire at train station in Cairo, Egypt