Video Train crashed into a platform in Cairo: 24 people were burnt alivePhoto: AL SHOROUK

50 people received injuries and burns

27.02.19 70610

The accident on the railway occurred in the Egyptian capital, Cairo on the morning of 26 February. The train crashed into the platform at the station Ramses, there was an explosion, and flames engulfed the building. About it writes BBC.

24 people were killed, but local services do not exclude that the number of victims can increase. The fire erupted with such force that the body was charred.

About 50 people were injured and burns of varying severity.

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According to preliminary data exploded the fuel tank of the locomotive. Now the police seized video surveillance footage and finds that could be the cause of the accident.

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