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‘Deeply saddened’ over deadly train fire in Egypt, Annan offers condolences

‘Deeply saddened’ over deadly train fire in Egypt, Annan offers condolences

Reacting with sorrow to the news of a train fire in Egypt which took the lives of hundreds of people, the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, offered condolences to all those affected by the disaster.

“The Secretary-General is deeply saddened to learn of the fire that broke out on a moving train today, 40 miles south of Cairo, Egypt, and consumed the lives of upwards of 350 people, many of them children,” Marie Okabe, a spokesperson for Mr. Annan, said in a statement.

“The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the relatives of the deceased, and to the Government of Egypt,” she said.