Smoke billows out of a blazing railway carriage at a section of Beijing-Guangzhou railway in Qixian county, central China's Henan Province January 20, 2007. The fire left Beijing-Guangzhou railway cut off for about two hours while the cause is still under investigation. No casualty was reported, local media said.

A fireman tries to extinguish the fire on a railway carriage.

Smoke billows out of a blazing railway carriage.

A general view of the destroyed railway carriage.

(Xinhua News Agency January 22, 2007)