Multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash near Tempe, 235 miles north of Athens.
A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said.
"The evacuation process is ongoing and is being carried out under very difficult conditions due to the severity of the collision between the two trains," Fire Service spokesman Vassilis Varthakoyiannis said. Rescuers wearing headlamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled sheet metal from the rail cars to search for trapped people.
A teenage survivor who did not give his name told Greek reporters as he got off one of the buses that just before the crash, he felt strong braking and saw sparks and then there was a sudden stop.He added that the first car caught fire and that he used a bag to break the window of his car, the fourth, and escape.
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