However, considering that 7 carriages were burnt to the ground and each carriage was packed with at least double the maximum carrying capacity of 150, this number is considered by many people to be a great underestimate. The dubious nature of the given number of deaths lies with the absence of a full passenger list; accounting for those missing was almost impossible at the time. As well as this, the carriages were burnt so badly and the fire so intense that many corpses had simply become ash. As there was no means of communication between the driver and the rear carriages, the driver did not know of the fire until about two hours after the fire had begun and so many people who attempted to flee from the overcrowded carriages were killed when they jumped. Some important Egyptians have commentated that the official number of 383 dead is grossly inaccurate and was an attempt to lessen the damage done to the reputation of the government. Many people consider a number of about 1000 dead to be more accurate.