Fire Aboard Train in India Kills 18 Passengers
A predawn fire on a train in the western Indian state of Maharashtra killed 18 passengers and injured 15 more, a senior railway official said Saturday.
“Investigations are taking place to find out the cause of the fire, which has since been contained,” Mukul Marwah, public relations officer of the Indian Railways, said in a telephone interview.
He said the fire aboard the Punjab Mail occurred between two small stations in Maharashtra, about 280 miles from Bombay.
The train was carrying about 1,000 passengers, Marwah said.
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