MUMBAI: A fire on an overnight train killed at least nine people on Wednesday with sleeping victims overcome by flames and smoke as the blaze ripped through three carriages, a railway official said.

The blaze, which comes less than a fortnight after 26 people were killed in a similar fire tragedy, happened shortly after the train left Mumbai for the northern city of Dehradun.

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