Viareggio rail accident – Train crash LPG blaze Italy
Chief Giuseppe Romano describes the derailment and subsequent fire involving 14 LPG wagons near Viareggio in Tuscany, Italy.
Fire teams faced difficult scenarios: on the north side of the railway, buildings were alight, with approximately 200 metres of flames on both sides of the road; trees in a small children’s park were alight, as well as bushes, cars and a liquid tanker. Firefighters had to rescue people trapped in their houses by the flames, as well as victims in collapsed buildings.
Author: Giuseppe Romano is the Chief of the Florence Provincial Fire Command, Italian National Fire Corps. He represents Italy in the various EU-TWG matters relating to Seveso II, is a lecturer and member of the Council for the Pisa University Course on Industrial and Nuclear Safety and a member of the IAEM.
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