Two trains collided in northern Iran on Friday morning, killing 44 people and injuring dozens of others, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Flames blazed and black smoke poured from at least one train car in the province of Semnan, east of Tehran, video distributed by Reuters and official Iranian news channel IRINN showed. Eighty-two people were injured, Tasnim reported, citing Pir Hossein Koolivand, the country's director of emergency services. At least one of the trains had passengers, some of whom were burned by the fire, Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency reported, citing Ali Yahyaei of the Red Crescent Society. Information on what led to the collision wasn't immediately available.

Source: Egypt Independent November 26, 2016 09:10 UTC