Pafupifupi anthu 73 okwera masitima apamtunda afa ndipo 40 adavulala pomwe chitofu cha gasi chidaphulika m'bwalo la Rawalpindi lomwe likuyenda. Tezgam Express pafupi ndi Rahim Yar Khan ku Pakistan Lachinayi m'mawa.
Apaulendo anadumphadumpha mpaka kufa, kuyesa kuthawa motowo, womwe unanyeketsa magalimoto angapo kum'mawa kwa Pakistan.
Sitima yodzaza ndi sitimayo imachokera ku Karachi kupita ku mzinda wa Rawalpindi m'chigawo chakum'mawa kwa Punjab pomwe silinda yamafuta idaphulika mkati mwake.
Silindayo idasungidwa ndi gulu la okwera omwe amaigwiritsa ntchito kuwira mazira pa chitofu cha gasi pomwe kuphulika kunachitika. Mafuta ophikira anawonjezera mafuta pamoto, womwe unafalikira mofulumira, kupsereza magalimoto atatu.
Ozimitsa moto adatumizidwa pamalopo, ndipo ma helikoputala ankhondo adawulutsidwa kuti anyamule ovulalawo.
Anthu osachepera 73 adamwalira pamwambowu. "Imfa zambiri zidachitika chifukwa cha anthu kudumpha m'sitima," Nduna ya Sitima ya Sitima Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad adauza Geo News. Matupi a anthu amene anasiyidwa m’katimo anali opsa kwambiri moti anthu sangazindikire.
Prime Minister Imran Khan adati "ali achisoni kwambiri ndi tsoka lalikululi," ndipo adalamula kuti afufuze "mwamsanga".
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- The cylinder was booked by a group of passengers who were using it to boil eggs on a gas stove when the blast happened.
- Sitima yodzaza ndi sitimayo imachokera ku Karachi kupita ku mzinda wa Rawalpindi m'chigawo chakum'mawa kwa Punjab pomwe silinda yamafuta idaphulika mkati mwake.
- At least 73 train passengers were killed and 40 were injured when a gas stove exploded on board of packed Rawalpindi-bound Tezgam Express near Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan on Thursday morning.
