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A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in
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South African History Online. (2012, February 17). A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074260
South African History Online (2012) 'A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074260 (Accessed: 27 July 2026).
South African History Online, A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074260, (accessed 27 July 2026).
"A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074260. Accessed 27 July 2026.
South African History Online. "A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074260.
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