A VACANT PASSENGER TRAIN STORED OUTSIDE THE MILAN, Italy, railroad station burned Tuesday morning causing major disruptions to rail traffic and high damages.
The string of passenger cars were all old coaches that had been taken out of service and scheduled to be scrapped. For some reason, they were stored just outside the terminal shed alongside the operating trackage and had been regularly used by illegal immigrants as overnight sleeping accommodations. This home video shows the magnitude of the fire and the challenge to the firefighters:
The fire began shortly after midnight Tuesday morning and rapidly spread through the entire train. As railroad employees worked to remove all the other nearby cars that are in use, the fire spread to another train of six cars and caused significant damage.
This video shows the other trains being removed by some rather courageous engineers as the flames were threatening them:
So far there is no further information available, but the story will be updated if and when we receive any.
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