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Nearly Sane

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Pakistan train fire: Karachi to Rawalpindi service set ablaze
« on: October 31, 2019, 10:26:44 AM »

With the Grenfell inquiry and reading about  this tragedy, fire is such a horrible way to die. The use of DIAF (Die in a Fire) as a dismissal on social media is quite repulsive.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50245090

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Re: Pakistan train fire: Karachi to Rawalpindi service set ablaze
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2019, 11:04:38 AM »
Horrible. And on a pilgrimage too.
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Re: Pakistan train fire: Karachi to Rawalpindi service set ablaze
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2019, 11:22:49 AM »
What a terrible tragedy.  :o
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Re: Pakistan train fire: Karachi to Rawalpindi service set ablaze
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2019, 03:51:26 PM »
That's absolutely heartbreaking.
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