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At least nine people were killed Saturday after a train coach parked in southern India caught fire when a passenger tried to make tea, officials said. The coach, which had been detached from a train, was stationed at the Madurai railway yard in the southern state of Tamil Nadu when the fire broke out before dawn. Local media reports said the passengers had illegally smuggled aboard a gas cylinder which exploded when they tried to use it. IMAGES
Clouds of smoke from deadly forest fires engulf the Chilean city of Concepcion, while residents of nearby Santa Juana inspect the damage from the blazes that have left at least 24 people dead. Favoured by moderate to strong winds and an intense heat wave, the fires have devastated some 270,000 hectares in southern-central Chile. IMAGES
Clouds of smoke engulf fields in Puren in Chile's Araucania region, as deadly forest fires that have left at least 22 people dead continue to burn in the South American country amid a blistering heat wave. IMAGES
Images of the site of a train crash in Pakistan that has killed at least 30 people when a packed inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed earlier. ++ SEE ALSO V045_9BJ7WV ++ IMAGES
Images of the site of a train crash in Pakistan that has killed at least 30 people when a packed inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed earlier. IMAGES
At least 16 people have died in Pakistan's second major rail crash in less than two months. Rough cut (no reporter narration).