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Nine killed in Indian train coach fire

"It was a single, stationary coach booked by a private tourist operator. Somebody tried to make tea and it caused the fire," Madurai district spokesman Sali Thalapathi told AFP.

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out in a train coach parked at the Madurai railway yard, in Madurai, India on August 26, 2023. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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NEW DELHI - At least nine people were killed Saturday after a train coach parked in southern India caught fire when a passenger tried

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