Hunt for cause of fire that gutted Berlin train
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Published: 7 Jan, 2016 CET.
Updated: Thu 7 Jan 2016 09:43 CET
A regional train burst into flames in Berlin on Wednesday evening, leading to a mass evacuation of passengers.
The fire started on the three carriage train just outside Wuhletal S-Bahn station. Eighty firefighters called to the scene were not able to quell the flames, Tagesspiegel reports.
No one was hurt in the fire, although a full trainload of 180 passengers had to be evacuated.
It is “highly likely” that the fire was caused by a short-circuit in the switch box.
It wasn’t until midnight that firefighters were able to completely dampen the flames.
And by midday the train was still standing on the tracks.
Noch steht die ausgebrannte Regionalbahn auf dem Gleis. #RB26 #Wuhletal pic.twitter.com/JVd7eJYlQH
— Björn (@BjoernHW) January 7, 2016
The removal of the train is expected to prove tricky due to the cold winter weather Berlin is currently experiencing.
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The fire started on the three carriage train just outside Wuhletal S-Bahn station. Eighty firefighters called to the scene were not able to quell the flames, Tagesspiegel reports.
No one was hurt in the fire, although a full trainload of 180 passengers had to be evacuated.
It is “highly likely” that the fire was caused by a short-circuit in the switch box.
It wasn’t until midnight that firefighters were able to completely dampen the flames.
And by midday the train was still standing on the tracks.
Noch steht die ausgebrannte Regionalbahn auf dem Gleis. #RB26 #Wuhletal pic.twitter.com/JVd7eJYlQH
— Björn (@BjoernHW) January 7, 2016
The removal of the train is expected to prove tricky due to the cold winter weather Berlin is currently experiencing.
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