Fire and explosion in a train at the station of Cairo has led to numerous victims
Watani Paper / twitter.com
The train caught fire after colliding with a platform at the main railway station of the capital of Egypt Cairo, reported numerous victims and wounded. According to AP, killed at least 10 people, injured 22, and this number may increase. Local media reported about two dozen victims.
The tragedy occurred near the railway station Ramses. According to preliminary information, the train left the depot and at high speed collided with a covered platform, and then derailed and caught fire.
According to preliminary data from his brakes. It is also reported about the explosion of the fuel tanks. The fire immediately spread to one of the buildings of the station.
Clubs billowing black smoke was visible even from the remote areas of Cairo. The fire was quickly contained, reports TASS with reference to the channel Al-Hadath. To a scene there arrived the Prime Minister of Egypt, Mustafa Madbouli.
Ramses station is the main railway station of Cairo, which is located in the center of the capital of Egypt. It is named after the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II whose statue was installed next in 1955 (later moved to Memphis).
انباء عن سقوط ضحايا حريق في واصابات #محطة_مصر pic.twitter.com/A2jVDAxHs2
— Watani Paper (@Watanipaper) 27 Feb 2019
#BREAKING : #EGYPT : Atleast 28 People Dead And 52 Wounded When An Fuel Tanker Tractor Exploded At The Railway Station In #Cairo When A Speeding Train Was Heading Towards Ramsis Station With a Crashed Fuel Tanker. pic.twitter.com/QyuxyoBob1
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Il treno da Alessandria si schianta su una cisterna: rogo alla stazione del Cairo, in #Egitto. 20 i Sarebbero morti e i feriti 40 → https://t.co/eieNQg4jZi pic.twitter.com/0pN2K5q9qK
— Rainews (@RaiNews) 27 Feb 2019
مصرع وإصابة العشرات 20 شخصا في حريق قطار بمحطة بالقاهرة
Au moins 20 morts dans un accident en gare du Caire
#محطه_مصر #القاهرة #Cairo #Egypt pic.twitter.com/Z6xzNP6YeX
— Agence MAP (@MAP_Information) 27 Feb 2019