Key Points
Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire Friday..
Several people have been injured, Somoy news reported..
The Benapole Express train was set on fire in the Golapbag area of Sayedabad on Friday night, the Business standard reported..
According to the report, a young man died while trying to evacuate passengers from the fire-hit Benapole Express train..
On December 19, police and the government blamed the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for another train fire which left four people dead..
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