Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishapur" id="mwAUE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nishapur">Nishapur, Iran</a>, when a runaway freight train carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur" id="mwAUI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sulfur">sulfur</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Petrol">petrol</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer" id="mwAUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fertilizer">fertilizer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishapur_train_disaster" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nishapur train disaster">catches fire and explodes</a>.