- Title: Dozens killed and injured in crash and fire at Cairo train station
- Date: 27th February 2019
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - DECEMBER 12, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FORMER LAWYER FOR U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, MICHAEL COHEN, LEAVING COURTHOUSE COHEN'S WIFE, LAURA, SON, JAKE, AND DAUGHTER, SAMANTHA, LEAVING COURTHOUSE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 9, 2018) (REUTERS) MICHAEL COHEN, FORMER LAWYER OF U.S. PRESI
- Embargoed: 13th March 2019 11:36
- Keywords: egypt fire fire train station Ramses station train fire cairo accident
- Location: AL-FAGALA, AL-AZBAKIA, CAIRO, EGYPT
- City: AL-FAGALA, AL-AZBAKIA, CAIRO, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001A3CZ13B
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:At least 25 people were killed and 50 injured when a locomotive smashed into a barrier at Cairo's main train station on Wednesday (February 27), causing an explosion and a fire, witnesses said.
The fire sent black smoke billowing above Ramses station in the centre of the Egyptian capital. Inside the station, the train's blackened engine could be seen tilted to one side next to a platform.
Security sources said there was no indication that the crash was deliberate.
Several witnesses said they had seen fire coming out of the train's engine before it crashed, causing an explosion and fires inside the station.
Egypt has one of the oldest and largest rail networks in the region and accidents causing casualties have been common.
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