The runaway bomb Nearly 300 killed as train loaded with fuel explodes. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: February 19, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

LOADED down with fuel, sulphur and fertilisers, the 51 runaway railway wagons were a travelling bomb as they careered towards a city yesterday.

After they inevitably derailed, their cargo exploded in a blast so intense, it registered 3.6 on the Richter earthquake scale and shattered windows six miles away.

Five villages near the Iranian city of Neyshabur were devastated by the explosion, which claimed 295 lives and left hundreds of The governor, mayor and fir...

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