At least 20 killed in fire at Cairo's main train station: State TV

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At least 10 killed in fire at Cairo's main train station: Medical sources

CAIRO: Twenty people were killed and 40 wounded when a fire broke out at the main train station in Egypt's capital Cairo on Wednesday , state TV said.

A witness said there had been an explosion when a train rammed into a barrier at Ramses station in central Cairo, and that he had seen charred bodies on the ground.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. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

People sit on a platform after a fire caused deaths and injuries at the main train station in Cairo, Egypt, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh "I was standing on the platform and I saw the train speed into the barrier," eyewitness Mina Ghaly told Reuters."I saw at least nine corpses lying on the ground, charred."

 

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