Train Fire in Pakistan by Nate Miller

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Earlier today a train in Pakistan travelling from the Karachi to Rawalpindi and all of a sudden, the train caught fire. According to BBC News, at least 74 people have already died and at least 40 more were injured. The cause of this saddening accident is still uncertain, but there are two theories about the cause of the fire; a gas cylinder being used to make breakfast exploded, second, there were electrical problems leading up to the fire. According to the article, three carriages caught fire and there were 54 people in the 11th carriage and both the 12th and 13th carriages had 78 people on board. Although 74 people died in this fire, about 96 people out of the 210 in the three carriages were able to escape the fire unharmed. Also, the article states that a man named Ghaffar claims that the rescue teams got there very late. If this is true, then many more lives could have been saved if the rescue teams had gotten there earlier. According to a website titled geo.tv, there have been several devastating train accidents in Pakistan since 1953, the worst of which being on the night of January 3rd, 1990, when 350 people were killed. Also, geo.tv states that Pakistan owns 4,800 miles of track, spanning all over Pakistan. For a country that has such a devastating number of lives lost in train accidents, I wonder if they have even tried to do anything to prevent any other accidents. If they have tried to fix this critical issue, why haven't their efforts stopped situations like today's from happening? Lastly, I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to those involved in the accident and I am truly sorry for anyone who may have lost someone in the accident.
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Article Links:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50245090
https://www.geo.tv/latest/253923-major-train-accidents-in-pakistan-since-1953


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