Russian train blast hurls wreckage to sixth floor apartment [BBC]





Date: 11/05/2013

A fire on a freight train carrying a highly flammable chemical cargo has injured dozens of people in Russia. The 71-car train caught fire as it passed through Belaya Kalitva station in the Rostov-on-Don region near the Ukrainian border. The ensuing blast injured at least 50 people and sent wreckage flying six storeys high.


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Train blast hurls wreckage six storeys
Emergency workers on the scene of the fire near Belaya Kalitva in southern Russia

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A fire on a freight train carrying chemical substances in Russia injures dozens of people and forces hundreds more to be evacuated.