UPDATE - Fire kills 12 at Cairo’s main train station

UPDATES DEATH TOLL

CAIRO (AA) – At least 12 people were killed in a fire that erupted at Cairo’s main train station on Wednesday, according to local media.

Photos on social media showed a cloud of smoking rising from the Ramses train station in central Cairo.

Local media said the fire was caused by the explosion of a train gas tanker in the station.

Egyptian authorities have yet to issue an official statement on the blaze.