2002 Al Ayyat train fire

Quand

20 févr. 2002

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

29.62° N, 31.26° E

Description

fire on an Egyptian National Railways Cairo–Luxor train, 20 February 2002

Fire on an Egyptian National Railways Cairo–Luxor train, 20 February 2002

The El Ayyat train disaster occurred at 2 a.m. on 20 February 2002 in an eleven-carriage passenger train traveling from Cairo to Luxor. A cooking gas cylinder exploded in the fifth carriage, causing a fire which destroyed seven third-class carriages.

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