DNA samples of 57 train fire victims sent to Lahore for identification.

RAHIM YAR KHAN -- Forensic experts in Lahore have been supplied with DNA samples of 57 unidentified victims - who had lost their lives in tragic train fire incident near Rahim Yar Khan on Thursday - for their identifications, the process which hospital officials claim would take ten days.

Moreover, two injured persons have been discharged from the Sheikh Zayed Hospital after their rehabilitation.

The DNA tests are requiA!red to identify as many as 57 charred bodies before they can be handed over to relatives for burial.

The unidentifiable dead bodies were shifted to Rahim Yar Khan's Shaikh Zayed Hospital.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur and Nishtar Hospital, Multan. Police have filed a case against unidentified persons.

The investigation teams have collected evidences from the incident spot and it is being considered to make forensic experts a part of the ongoing interrogations as well. The final list issued by the concerned authorities revealed that 74 persons died in the unfortunate tragedy and 42 sustained wounds.

The Tezgam Express caught fire due to explosion in gas canisters used by Tableeghi Jamaat passengers to cook breakfast near Talwari Station in Liaquatpur area of Rahim Yar Khan. The train was bound from Karachi to Rawalpindi. The deadly inferno left three coaches of the Rawalpind-boundi Tezgam Express destroyed.

Television footage showed flames pouring out of the carriages as people could be heard crying in the incident. Many commuters died and several were injured when they jumped from the moving train to escape the flames.

Survivors said it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop, amid contradictory reports about whether the train's brakes and the safety cords were working or not.

Many of the victims were members of Tableeghi Jamaat...