Fire in goods train
Irangika RANGE
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Picture by Kithsiri Wanasingha |
The engine and three oil tanks attached to a goods train running
between Colombo and Anuradapura caught fire following a derailment at
Thalawa last morning but no injuries and casualties were reported,
railway sources said.
Commercial Superintendent of the Railway Department said a goods
train transporting a consignment of oil and goods bound for Anuradapura
from Colombo Fort derailed at Thalawa around 6.50 a.m. yesterday.
He said the engine was badly damaged while three oil tanks had
exploded due to the fire. "We took immediate measures to unload oil from
the remaining tanks to prevent the spreading of the fire," he said.
Train services from Colombo to Anuradapura, were temporarily disrupted,
he added.
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