25 dead, 100 injured in Myanmar train blast

Published November 10, 2012 2:13pm ET



YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities said Saturday that casualties from a fiery train accident had reached 25 dead and almost 100 injured. The report raised the number of injured after a carriage full of fuel burst into flames.

State television had said Friday that 64 people were injured in an explosion and fire after dozens of people rushed to skim fuel from a derailed tanker train’s overturned carriages.

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