An approaching bushfire in eastern Spain caused a train driver to stop and prepare to change directions to avoid the flames, and several passengers were injured when they got off rather than wait, authorities said. 9News
driver to stop and prepare to change directions to avoid the flames, and several passengers were injured when they got off rather than wait, authorities said.
Some passengers got off the train when it stopped in the countryside, including ones who broke windows to escape, officials said. Ten people were injured, Spanish state news agency Efe reported.The government of Castellón province on Wednesday tweeted a video of firefighters running for their lives as towering flames from the Bejís fire roared behind them.
Valencia regional President Ximo Puig said on Wednesday that the Bejís fire had a perimeter of some 50 kilometres and had burned some 4000 hectares. He said the Val d'Ebo blaze had a perimeter of 80 kilometres and had scorched some 11,500 hectares.
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