国际英语资讯:65 killed as passenger train catches fire in east Pakistan
<p><span word="ISLAMABAD">ISLAMABAD</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 31-- <span word="At">At</span> <span word="least">least</span> 65 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="and">and</span> 14 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Rahim">Rahim</span> <span word="Yar">Yar</span> <span word="Khan">Khan</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="Punjab">Punjab</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="feared">feared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recover">recover</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="compartments">compartments</span> <span word="gutted">gutted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fire">fire</span>, <span word="Baqir">Baqir</span> <span word="Hussain">Hussain</span>, <span word="district">district</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="state">state</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="Rescue">Rescue</span> 1122, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="shifted">shifted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Rahim">Rahim</span> <span word="Yar">Yar</span> <span word="Khan">Khan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="Bahawalpur">Bahawalpur</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span>.</p><p><span word="Army">Army</span> <span word="troops">troops</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="paramedics">paramedics</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="operation">operation</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="aviation">aviation</span> <span word="helicopter">helicopter</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="dispatched">dispatched</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="evacuate">evacuate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="injured">injured</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="military">military</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="wing">wing</span> <span word="Inter">Inter</span>-<span word="Services">Services</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Relations">Relations</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="explosion">explosion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="cylinder">cylinder</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="train">train</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="blast">blast</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="preparing">preparing</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cylinder">cylinder</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="prayer">prayer</span>, <span word="District">District</span> <span word="Coordination">Coordination</span> <span word="Officer">Officer</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span> <span word="Railways">Railways</span> <span word="Nabila">Nabila</span> <span word="Aslam">Aslam</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>.</p><p><span word="She">She</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cylinder">cylinder</span> <span word="exploded">exploded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bogies">bogies</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="engulfed">engulfed</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="adjoining">adjoining</span> <span word="compartments">compartments</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="jumping">jumping</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span> <span word="wounded">wounded</span>.</p>
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