Egypt's transport minister resigns over deadly train fire
Cairo, Feb 27 (Xinhua) The Egyptian cabinet accepted on Wednesday the resignation of Transport Minister Hesham Arafat over the deadly train fire that killed at least 20 people, the Egyptian state TV reported.
Cabinet spokesman Nader Saad said that Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accepted Arafat's resignation, according to the report.
Earlier on Wednesday, a train locomotive crashed into the buffer stop at the end of rail tracks at the main railway station near Ramses square downtown the capital Cairo, causing a massive fire and leaving numerous casualties, according to the Egyptian railway authority.
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