Nine passengers from Lucknow killed as fire guts private party coach at Madurai railway yard

Nine passengers from Lucknow, including three women, died after a fire broke out while they were cooking in a private IRCTC coach stationed in the yard of the Madurai Railway junction in the early hours of Saturday. Preliminary investigation revealed that the passengers smuggled a gas cylinder aboard the train and were cooking in the coach when the fire broke out at 5.15am.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/j6fNCay