150 Czech rail passengers evacuated from burning train, no one injured

Around 150 people were evacuated from a local passenger train in Prague on Sunday after the locomotive caught fire. The fire broke out on České drahy’s Beroun–Prague service at around 16:30 CET. Passengers were evacuated from the train at Prague’s Radotín station and no one was injured, according to České drahy’s spokesperson, Ondřej Kubala. The train was not seriously damaged by the fire and a normal service was quickly resumed on the route, according to Mr Kubala.

Author: Rosie Johnston