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Lahore: A woman died in a gas cylinder explosion in the Jafar Express train from Quetta to Peshawar while 8 people including 6 women were injured.
According to the police, the explosion in the train took place in the limits of Mian Chanu while the train driver applied the brakes near the Chichawatani railway station. 850 passengers were traveling in the train.
According to Rescue 1122, the explosion took place in bogie number four, the injured were shifted to THQ Chichawatani, one of whom is in critical condition.
The passenger says that after the explosion in the train, they kept pulling the emergency chain but the staff ignored it.
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