Cairo: At Least 20 Killed, 43 Injured In Crash And Fire At Train Station - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2019
At least 20 people were killed and 43 injured when alocomotive smashed through the buffers at the main train station in theEgyptian capital Cairo on Wednesday, the health minister said.
Transport Minister Hisham Arafat resigned after theincident, the cabinet said in a statement. State television said authoritieshad arrested the train driver.
Footage circulating on social media from a securitycamera inside the Ramses station showed the train failing to stop as it arrivedat platform six, smashing through the buffers and a metal end railing and explodinginto a huge ball of fire.
Passengers carrying luggage ran for their lives asthe fire spread, and several people were running covered in flames, witnessessaid.
The health minister, Hala Zayed, said authoritieshad not been able to identify many of the 20 bodies recovered because they weretoo badly burned.
Egyptians have long complained that successivegovernments have failed to enforce basic safety standards for the railways.