65 killed as passenger train catches fire in east Pakistan

Photo taken with mobile phone shows rescuers working after a passenger train caught fire in Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Oct. 31, 2019. At least 65 people were killed and 14 others injured after a passenger train caught fire in Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Thursday, a rescue official and local reports said. The death toll is feared to rise as rescue work continues to recover more bodies from the compartments gutted in the fire, Baqir Hussain, district emergency officer of state-owned Rescue 1122, told Xinhua. (Str/Xinhua)