AFP, ISLAMABADAt least 71 people were killed and dozens injured after cooking gas cylinders exploded yesterday on a train packed with pilgrims in Pakistan, some dying after leaping from carriages to escape the inferno, authorities said. Many Pakistanis carry food on long train journeys, but gas cylinders are banned, and Nawaz said an inquiry was ordered. Muhammad Nadeem Zia, a medical superintendent at the hospital in Liaquatpur, the nearest town, said that 71 people had been killed and 44 wounded. Zia said that some of the victims were killed by head injuries sustained when they leaped from the moving train. The wounded were being rushed to hospitals in the nearby city of Bahawalpur and elsewhere in Rahim Yar Khan District.

Source: Taipei Times October 31, 2019 16:07 UTC