Subway station in Stockholm evacuated after fire on train

  • 12/15/2022
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Stockholm, Sweden, May 16, SPA -- A fire broke out on a subwaytrain during morning rush-hour Monday, forcing theevacuation of a station in northwestern Stockholm andsending 12 people to hospitals with breathing problems,police and firefighters said. Police said it was likely the fire was starteddeliberately, and that witnesses had heard two smallexplosions aboard the train minutes before it rolled intothe Rinkeby station. "If it's a sabotage, there must have been something(placed) either on the tracks or on the train," policespokeswoman Towe Hagg said. "But it could also have been atechnical malfunction." Forensic experts were to examine the train Mondayafternoon, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA1420 Local Time 1120 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/262746

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