Approximately 74 lives were snuffed out when a burst touched off by a cooking gas chamber shoot moved through a passenger train which was in transit to Rawalpindi from Karachi on Thursday,31st October 2019. The chamber brought by certain travelers said to be individuals from Tableeghi Jamaat on-board Tezgam Express detonated when the train was chugging past Liaquatpur city in the southern Punjab region of Rahim Yar Khan. Many took to Twitter to express sympathies and censure the incident. Mehwish Hayat also shared her contemplations. “Prayers and sympathies for each one of the individuals who lost their lives in the Tezgam episode. Made much increasingly terrible by the way that it could’ve been counteracted if satisfactory keeps an eye on things had been set up,” she composed. “How was a confined thing, a gas chamber permitted locally available? Security needs to start things out.”

Prayers & condolences for all those who lost their lives in the #Tezgam incident. Made even more tragic by the fact that it could’ve been prevented if adequate checks on baggage had been in place. How was a restricted item , a gas cylinder allowed onboard?Safety has to come first

— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) October 31, 2019

The fire, fanned by the wind on the cruising train, immediately spread to two different compartments of the train finding most travelers napping. The train driver, Muhammad Siddique, said the fire began at 6:18 in the first part of the day.