Train Derails, Bursts Into Flames In Arizona
Smoke fills the sky at the scene of a train derailment in Tempe, Arizona, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.A freight train derailed and caught fire on a bridge in Arizona on Wednesday, but there were no reports of injuries in what a witness described as a “scene from hell.”
Tim McMahan, a spokesman for Union Pacific, told AFP that eight to 10 cars caught fire as the train, which was moving freight, crossed a bridge over Tempe Town Lake.“The south side of the bridge collapsed and rail cars fell into an empty park below,” McMahan said, adding that the bridge had undergone inspection earlier this month.Smoke can be seen from a train derailment and fire along a bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, Arizona July 29, 2020.
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