The Burning Train: Tragedy Strikes Pakistan's Most Popular Rail Service Tezgam Express; In Pictures

Over 70 people were killed and several others injured when a train from Karachi to Rawalpindi caught fire in Pakistan's east Punjab province on October 31, 2019. The incident happened when a gas cylinder being carried by a passenger exploded in the passenger train, Tezgam near the city area of Liaquatpur, a Pakistan Railways official said.

Hospital staff shift a man who was injured in a train fire, to a hospital in Multan, Pakistan. A massive fire engulfed three carriages of the train traveling in the country's eastern Punjab province. (AP/PTI)

Rescue workers look for survivors following a train damaged by a fire in Liaquatpur, Pakistan. A massive fire engulfed three carriages of the train traveling in the country's eastern Punjab province (AP/PTI)

Liaquatpur: Pakistani officials examine a train damaged by a fire in Liaquatpur, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP/PTI)

The train, Tezgam Express, was on its way to Lahore from Karachi when the fire broke out early morning, gutting three bogies which had over 200 passengers, including women and children, at Liaquatpur near Rahim Yar Khan, some 400 kms from Lahore, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)

Rescue workers walk past burnt-out train carriages after a passenger train caught on fire near Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province. (Photo: AFP)

This is the second major train accident in Pakistan this year. In July, 24 people were killed, when the Akbar Bugti Express travelling from Lahore to Quetta collided with a stationary freight train at the Walhar Railway Station in Sadiqabad Tehsil of Punjab province. (Photo: AFP)

People gather beside the bodies of train fire victims in a hospital in Rahim Yar Khan, after a passenger train caught on fire. (Photo: AFP)

Firefighters work to cool down the burnt-out train carriages after a passenger train caught on fire near Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province on October 31, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

In this handout picture taken and release by Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 on October 31, 2019, residents gather beside the burnt-out train carriages after a passenger train caught on fire near Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province. (Photo: AFP)

The Railways Minister said two gas stoves carried by some passengers blew up when they were preparing breakfast on the speeding train in violation of rules. (PTI)

Several people were killed and dozens injured after cooking gas cylinders exploded on a train packed with pilgrims in Pakistan on October 31, some dying after leaping from carriages to escape the inferno, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)