North: one dead and six slightly injured in a fire on a freight train at Valenciennes station – franceinfo

According to firefighters, the fire started in a car containing tires. Article written by Published on 03/25/2022 18:22 Updated on 03/25/2022 21:01 Reading time: 1 min. Valenciennes station (Nord) was evacuated at 5:10 p.m. on Friday March 25, after the fire of a freight train parked on one of the platforms, reports France Bleu Nord. Explosions were heard. The report at 8 p.m. reported one dead, an Eritrean migrant and six slightly injured. Among these six injured are three Eritrean migrants, an SNCF employee and two firefighters. The emergency services operation ended around 7:55 p.m. The preferred track is that of a person on a train who has been in contact with a catenary. The fire of the train causes flames of more than 10m the damage on the network will be very important@hautsdefrance @TERHDF pic.twitter.com/UHGD7yyES2 – Franck Dhersin (@FDhersin) March 25, 2022 Travelers are referred by SNCF agents . Some reach Lille by taxi, specifies France Bleu Nord. On Twitter, TER Hauts-de-France had specified that a “person accident took place in Valenciennes custody and caused a fire on the train”. The Lille – Aulnoye-Aymeries and Douai – Valenciennes axes are interrupted. The company explains that “many deletions must be pronounced and heavy delays are to be expected”. On Twitter, the vice-president in charge of transport in the Region Franck Dhersin foresees “damage on the network which will be very important”. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link