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25 dead in Myanmar train fire

Investigators searched for clues on Saturday to the cause of a train derailment and an ensuing blaze that killed 25 people and injured nearly 100 more in northern Myanmar.

A firefighter extinguishes a blaze on the train that derailed near Kantbalu, in the Sagaing region of Myanmar. (AFP Photo, Ho, Myanmar Information Ministry)

Two petrol tankers loaded onto the train overturned in Friday's accident and local villagers collecting the fuel were burned to death as flames tore across the crash site.

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  • upena

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    Discussion 1 : 10 Nov 2012 at 10.201

    "Safety standards are generally poor in Myanmar, which is emerging from decades of military rule under a new quasi-civilian government, and the decrepit rail system has suffered from years of under-investment."

    Sounds a bit like Thailand.

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