Policemen stand guard in front of a damaged train inside Ramses train station in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday.Policemen stand guard in front of a damaged train inside Ramses train station in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday.At least 20 people have been killed and 40 wounded after a train locomotive crashed through a barrier at the main train station in Egypt's capital Cairo on Wednesday morning, Egyptian health authorities say.
Surveillance video, widely shared on social media, shows people calmly walking through the train station. Suddenly they start running as flames blast through the area, engulfing the crowd. One man is seen fleeing while completely on fire. He desperately runs up and down a set of stairs, and another man tries to help him by dousing him with water.