NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A fire on a train heading out of the Indian city of Mumbai killed nine people on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the railway system's poor safety record days after another fire killed 23 people.
The fire engulfed three coaches of the train that was headed to the northern city of Dehradun in the early hours, said Indian Railways spokesman Sharat Chandrayan.
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