UPDATE 6 – Fire kills 20 at Cairo’s main train station

ADDS STATEMENT FROM EGYPT'S ATTORNEY GENERAL</p> <p>CAIRO (AA) – At least 20 people were killed and 43 injured Wednesday when a fire tore through the main train station in Egypt’s capital, according to the Health Ministry.</p> <p>The fire broke out when a fuel tank exploded after a train collided with a safety barrier at Cairo’s Ramses Railway Station, according media reports. Photos shared on social media showed clouds of smoke rising from the station.</p> <p>Health Minister Hala Zayed said most of the dead had yet to be identified.</p> <p>Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli has since visited the train station, where he vowed to bring those responsible to account.</p> <p>Egypt’s Attorney General Nabil Sadek has ordered an investigation into the fire. </p> <p>Madbouli accepted the resignation of Transport Minister Hisham Arafat, which he tendered in the immediate aftermath of the fire.</p> <p>Turkey offered its condolences to the victims’ families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.</p> <p>“We are saddened to hear that many lost their lives and were injured in a fire that erupted at the Ramses Train Station in Cairo today,” the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.</p> <p> The accident occurred when the train’s conductor left the control room while the train was moving in order to reprimand another train conductor, Sadek said late Wednesday.</p> <p>He said police arrested the conductor and have taken his testimony. </p> <p>Egypt’s railway system has a relatively poor safety record due to poor management and a lack of investment in rail infrastructure. </p> <p>In 2002, more than 350 people were killed when fire ravaged a passenger train near Cairo.