BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | In pictures: Egypt's train disaster

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Wednesday, 20 February, 2002, 16:01 GMT

Egyptian officials are investigating the circumstances that led to one of the worst rail disasters in the country's history.

At least 350 people were killed when a train from Cairo to Luxor caught fire.

Rescue workers removing a body from the train

Interior of the train after the fire

A rescue worker examines the damage

People look on as rescue workers retrieve bodies from the train

Rescue workers carry a body away from the train

Soldiers guard the Egyptian train that caught fire

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