seven people are killed in a train- Short circuit linked to blaze on Karachi Express headed for Lahore
- The minister of railways launches a probe and states that sabotage cannot be ruled out.
SUKKUR/LAHORE: According to authorities, a carriage on a moving passenger train caught fire overnight in Sindh’s Khairpur district, killing at least seven individuals and leaving four children missing.
Mohsin Siyal, a representative of Pakistan’s Railways, verified the death toll and said that the train, seven people are killed in a trainwhich was travelling from Karachi to Lahore, caught fire close to the village of Tando Masti Khan.
Dr. Abu Talib, the police surgeon, said that six victims’ remains were “unidentifiable” and that the families will get them following DNA tests. To the Civil Hospital in Khairpur, the bodies were moved.
Two young victims were discovered in Coach 18, where they had fled to escape the fire, according to Sukkur Railways authorities who spoke to the media. Three scorched bodies were discovered in Coach 4, where the fire started. In front of the train, two bodies were discovered.
They said that the train was cut off and that half of its carriages had been dragged to the Gambat Railway Station. After a two-and-a-half-hour battle, firefighters were able to put out the fire.
