7 killed in fire on passenger train in Pakistan

At least seven people, including three children and a woman, were killed when a fire broke out in a coach of an express train in Pakistan’s Sindh province, an official said on Thursday.

The incident happened on late Wednesday night when a fire broke out in a business-class coach of the Karachi Express train shortly after midnight as it travelled from Karachi to Lahore.

Maqsood Kundi, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Railways, said that they were still trying to ascertain how the fire started in the carriage which was later delinked from the rest of the train.

“So far the number of deaths from the incident has touched 7 with three children in it.