Trains collide in central Greece, many dead and injured

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Two trains have collided in central Greece and rescue teams are evacuating passengers after at least two carriages caught fire.

The fire brigade has officially announced that 32 people have died and 85 are injured, ERT reports. At least 150 firefighters with 40 firetrucks are at the scene.

The two trains — a passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki, and a cargo train from Thessaloniki to Larissa, collided head-on outside the city of Larissa in central Greece late on Tuesday.

Train derailment in Greece. Photo: Leonidas Zekas / Eurokinissi.

Konstantinos Agorastos, the governor of the broader Thessaly region, told SKAI TV “the collision was very strong,” adding that the first four carriages derailed, with the first two “almost completely destroyed.”

Mr Agorastos said about 250 passengers were evacuated safely to Thessaloniki on buses.

SKAI TVB showed footage of derailed carriages, badly damaged with broken windows and thick plumes of smoke, as well as debris strewn across the road.

Rescue workers carrying torches were seen looking for trapped passengers in carriages.

More to come.

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