A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday killing at least 46 people, police said, after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded. “Two cooking stoves blew up. They were cooking, they had (cooking) oil which added fuel to fire,” Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told Geo earlier. “Most deaths occurred from people jumping off the train,” he added. Baqir Husain, the head of the district rescue service, said the death toll could rise, and 15 people had been injured. People sneaking stoves onto trains in order to prepare meals on long journeys is a common problem, the minister said.

A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday killing at least 46 people, police said, after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded. “Two cooking stoves blew up. They were cooking, they had (cooking) oil which added fuel to fire,” Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told Geo earlier. “Most deaths occurred from people jumping off the train,” he added. Baqir Husain, the head of the district rescue service, said the death toll could rise, and 15 people had been injured. People sneaking stoves onto trains in order to prepare meals on long journeys is a common problem, the minister said.