A fire inside a parked train kills 9 in southern India

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire has erupted inside a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India, killing nine people. Officials say the blaze broke out at 5 a.m. Saturday and burned for two hours before firefighters were able to put it out. A statement by the Southern Railway says a gas cylinder smuggled in by passengers caused the fire inside a train’s private compartment, which was detached and parked on the tracks in the Madurai station, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Officials told the Press Trust of India news agency that 20 others were injured and taken to a hospital. Accidents are common on India’s railroad network, one of the world’s largest, with some 22 million passengers daily.