An examination was underway on Sunday after a traveler train was swallowed up in a big fire while quit at a terminal on the borders of Berlin over night. Five travelers still aboard needed to leave the train however were unscathed.
The fire division was at first incapable to state where and why the fire on Saturday night had actually begun on the diesel-powered train.
What do we understand regarding the fire?
Firefighters were contacted us to the Ahrensfelde terminal on the boundary in between Berlin and Brandenburg after the alarm system was elevated at regarding 9:50 pm neighborhood time.
The three-carriage train had actually been because of begin its following journey to the community of Werneuchen when the train motorist listened to a bang.
Smoke showed up and fires were seen, motivating the motorist and a women consequent to leave the train’s 5 travelers.
The fire division snuffed out the fires– which already had actually swallowed up all 3 autos– and nobody was wounded, a representative stated. The train endured significant damages.
A spokesperson for German train driver Deutsche Bahn stated the train was run by the personal firm Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB).
The NEB, which runs the RB25 line in between Berlin-Ostkreuz and Werneuchen, did not at first comment.
The train terminal was shut in between 10 pm and 12:30 am in the middle of to the firefighting procedure, prior to various other tracks opened to enable rail website traffic to return to.
Germany’s Federal Police, whose duties consist of the rail network, likewise stated the source of the fire was unidentified which the initial examination had actually generated no ideas.
The Federal Bureau of Railway Accident Investigation is readied to check out the train prior to it can be transferred away.
rc/msh (AFP, dpa)
