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Train fire in Pakistan kills at least 65 after cooking accident

People and rescue workers gather near the site after a fire broke out in a passenger train and destroyed three carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. [Reuters]

A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday killing at least 65 people, police said, after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded.

The fire destroyed three of the train’s carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of Punjab province.

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