<p> At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday.<br /><br />About 1,000 people were evacuated following the blast just before midnight on Monday in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio, about 350 km north of Rome.<br /><br />Thirty-seven people were seriously injured, with 16 of them in critical condition, including a two-year-old who was badly burned and was being transferred to a hospital in Florence, rescue workers said.<br /><br />It was Italy’s most deadly rail accident since 17 people were killed in January 2005, when a passenger train collided with a freight train near the northern city of Bologna.<br />“The emergency and danger are not over. The area has been sealed off and search and rescue operations are going on,” said Guido Bertolaso, head of Italy’s civil protection agency.<br /><br />“We have a convoy with four train wagons that are still carrying liquefied petroleum and are off the tracks, on their sides... so the area is still at a really high risk level because the fire is still smouldering.”<br /></p>
<p> At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday.<br /><br />About 1,000 people were evacuated following the blast just before midnight on Monday in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio, about 350 km north of Rome.<br /><br />Thirty-seven people were seriously injured, with 16 of them in critical condition, including a two-year-old who was badly burned and was being transferred to a hospital in Florence, rescue workers said.<br /><br />It was Italy’s most deadly rail accident since 17 people were killed in January 2005, when a passenger train collided with a freight train near the northern city of Bologna.<br />“The emergency and danger are not over. The area has been sealed off and search and rescue operations are going on,” said Guido Bertolaso, head of Italy’s civil protection agency.<br /><br />“We have a convoy with four train wagons that are still carrying liquefied petroleum and are off the tracks, on their sides... so the area is still at a really high risk level because the fire is still smouldering.”<br /></p>