Fire in Mumbai Dehradun Express kills 9
January 08, 2014  09:00
Nine people were charred to death when a fire broke out in three coaches of Mumbai-Dehradun Express train near Dahanu road in Thane district in the wee hours of Wednesday. 

Among the nine dead, one is a woman and four are men while the rest were yet to be identified, said Western Railway PRO Sharat Chandra. 

The fire erupted in one of the three coaches and soon spread to other two coaches when the passengers were sleeping at about 2.50 am, Chandra said, adding that the cause of the blaze is not yet known.
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