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    Emergency services work at a site where a train collided with a bus, several cars and motorcycles in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

    Reuters – At least eight people were killed and 25 ​others injured after a ‌train collision triggered a fire that engulfed a public bus in ​Bangkok on Saturday, rescue officials ​and police said.

    Firefighters and rescue ⁠crews were dispatched as ​flames engulfed the bus and nearby ​vehicles, they said, adding the crash involved a train, the bus, cars ​and motorcycles.

    Rescue teams worked ​to pull injured victims from the wreckage ‌as ⁠fire crews battled the blaze with water hoses in a race to contain the fire, ​officials ​said.

    Rescuers work at a train crash site in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday. Sakchai Lalit/AP

    The fire ⁠has now been brought under control, with ​crews cooling the area, ​venting ⁠gas and continuing to search for victims, they said.

    The ⁠cause ​of the accident is ​under investigation.

    This is a developing story and will be updated.

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