Multiple rail cars are derailed, and at least three caught fire some 378km north of Athens
“We were turning over in the wagon until we fell on our sides ... then there was panic, cables fire, the fire was immediate, as we were turning over we were being burned, fire was right and left.”
About 250 passengers were evacuated safely to Thessaloniki on buses. One passenger told state broadcaster ERT he managed to escape after breaking the train window with his suitcase. “The evacuation of passengers is under way in very difficult conditions given the severity of the collision of the two trains,” fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Varthakogiannis said in a televised address.
“We are living through a tragedy. We are pulling out people alive, injured ... there are dead. We are going to be here all night, until we finish, until we find the last person,” a volunteer rescue worker told ERT state broadcaster.
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