A Fire Inside a Parked Train Kills 9 in Southern India

A Fire Inside a Parked Train Kills 9 in Southern India
Firefighters hold a stretcher to carry bodies from a train coach where fire erupted in Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on Aug. 26, 2023. AP Photo
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NEW DELHI—A fire erupted inside a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India, killing nine people on Saturday morning, officials said.

The blaze broke out at 5 a.m. and burned for two hours before firefighters were able to put it out, authorities said.