The videos of the accident and the explosion of the locomotive in Cairo that have left dozens dead and wounded

The security cameras at Cairo Central Station captured the moment when a locomotive was embedded in a wall at the end of the wharf and was at least 20 dead and dozens wounded on Wednesday.

Both videos testify to the violence of the accident, followed by an explosion and a fire. "It was on the platform in front (…) The locomotive arrived very quickly and crashed against the wall that collapsed," said a young traveler at the agency AFP anonymously, who specified that only one beam remained intact at the scene of the accident.

Ahmed Ibrahim, a jewelry salesman who was going to work, added: "I heard the sound of an explosion, after which a big fire broke out, I ran and seeing many people injured, I had to carry a girl with my own hands, I saw bodies cut in half, I had never seen anything like it before. "

The accident occurred in the morning in one of the busiest sites of the Egyptian capital, caused a major fire and damaged part of Ramses Station's facilities, according to a journalist AFP. A dozen ambulances and as many fire engines were mobilized on the site.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbuly went to the scene of the incident. "Anyone responsible for negligence has to answer" and badume "serious" consequences, he said.

The Attorney General's office confirmed the death of 20 people whose bodies had been charred and from whom DNA samples had to be identified, and noted that 28 wounded had been transferred to seven hospitals.

The biggest railway tragedy in the history of Egypt took place in 2002, with the burning of a train that caused the death of about 370 people 40 km south of Cairo. According to the official statistics office, 1,793 train accidents were recorded in 2017 and 1,249 in 2016.

Egyptian Transport Minister Hicham Arafat resigned after the accident. Prime Minister Madbuly has accepted his resignation.