What the records say
- When
- 29 Jun 2009
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 43.88° N, 10.25° E
- Description
- 2009 derailment and train fire in Italy
- Deaths
- 32
- Injured
- 26
- Cause
- failure
Viareggio train derailment
2009 derailment and train fire in Italy
The Viareggio derailment was a derailment and subsequent fire of a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas. It happened on the 29th of June, 2009 in a railway station in Viareggio, Lucca, a city in Central Italy's Tuscany region. Thirty-two people were killed and a further twenty-six were injured.
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