Train Fire In Wales Yesterday
Image caption firefighters were at the scene.
Train fire in wales yesterday. Two people have been injured after a significant fire on a freight train carrying diesel in south wales. There are no fatalities and residents have been allowed to return. British transport police network rail and natural resources wales have now been allowed to move onto. Pictures shared on twitter show enormous plumes of smoke and flames visible for miles around following the blaze near the town of llangennech.
Mid and west wales fire and rescue service finally extinguished the blaze at about 08 30 bst on friday just over 33 hours after the train derailed. Dramatic images and footage from the scene near llangennech show. More than 300 families were forced to flee their homes as a diesel train burst into flames in wales as police told locals it could explode at any moment. Image caption llangennech is near the carmarthenshire swansea county border in south west wales.
A huge train fire has broken out in south wales triggering the evacuation of a number of nearby houses. A freight train carrying diesel has derailed and burst into flames with fuel spilling into a nearby river. The accident forced the evacuation of homes in the village of liangennech nearby llanelli in carmarthenshire. About 300 people were evacuated from their homes in llangennech near llanelli in.
A huge fire on a diesel freight train forced terrified residents to evacuate from homes in the middle of the night in south wales. It took fire crews 33 hours to put out the blaze after the freight train carrying 25 tank wagons. Three carriages of the freight train. Llangennech incident sees hundreds evacuated from homes.
Enormous blaze from freight train visible for miles after derailment just before midnight on wednesday. A freight train derailed and caught fire in south wales uk late on wednesday night.