passenger train crash Firefighters hose down a train that was damaged after a crash inside Ramsis train station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. An Egyptian medical official said at least 20 people have been killed and dozens injured after a railcar rammed into a barrier inside the station causing an explosion of the fuel tank and triggering a huge blaze that engulfed that part of the station. The head of the Cairo Railroad Hospital said the death toll is expected to rise further. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt's prime minister vowed swift accountability and an end to the "age of ignoring negligence," as the death toll from the capital's worst train crash in years reached at least 20.

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