A train crash in northern Greece resulted in flames and smoke plumes, 32 fatalities, and 85 injuries.

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Trains Accident In Greece

By James Dan

According to a Greek Fire Service officer, the collision occurred shortly before midnight near Tempe Valley in northern Greece.

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The train was traveling along a track connecting two famous tourist destinations, Athens and Thessaloniki, about 255 miles north of Athens.

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The area where the passenger train derailed received at least 150 firefighters as well as additional 40 emergency vehicles.

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That was turmoil for 10, 15 seconds. Tumbling over, fires, cables hanging, damaged windows, people shouting, people trapped.

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In their attempts to flee, many have reportedly had to crawl through windows and across shattered glass.

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One unsteady traveler who talked to Skai television claimed that "the windows abruptly erupted" and that "people were yelling and were scared."

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Thankfully, they were able to rapidly unlock the doors and flee. Some were unable to escape from other wagons, and one caught fire.

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That was a violent collision," the regional governor of the Thessaly area, Kostas Agorastos, told state-run television.

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According to him, the first four cars of the passenger train derailed, and the first two coaches caught fire and were nearly destroyed.

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The video of the aftermath of the crash showed heavy plumes of smoke rising from wrecked carriages.

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