The number of the victims, who died in the fire that enveloped a Bulgarian night train last week, reached nine after spinal column part of another dead body was found Tuesday.

Medical experts proved it was a human remain that belongs to the body of one of three victims, whose identities have not been established until today.

They were all women - Galina Ivanova, Elena Halachevathe and the 22-year-old student Antoaneta Todorova, who was declared missing after the tragic accident.

The relatives of the three women have already been informed over the latest results of the DNA analyses.

The passengers lost their lives after a fire swept through the overnight train traveling from the capital Sofia to the north-eastern town of Kardam shortly before midnight on Thursday.

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