Live Updates Major train crash and bridge collapse in Arizona – Train derails, causing fire and partial Tempe Town Lake bridge collapse in Arizona
A bridge over a lake in Arizona partially collapsed on Wednesday after a rattler derailed and caught fire.
The incident happened just before 6:30 a.m. Tempe local time, located east of Phoenix. The Tempelaw enforcement department said on Twitter that officers and therefore the Tempe local department were on the scene of a train derailment and “large fire” over Tempe Town Lake.
“Several roads are restricted near Tempe Town Lake and west of downtown Tempe,” the department said. “Please avoid the world .”
Tempe Fire Medical Rescue told Fox News that multiple train cars were ablaze , some carrying lumber. Several agencies are assisting what was described as a second-alarm fire.
Fire and smoke might be seen along the length of the train bridge, including some that collapsed during a park area.
It’s not clear what the train was carrying, but lumber might be seen within the water below.
Camille Kimball, who was riding her bike under the bridge before it collapsed, told CBS 5 the noise of the train got extremely loud and as she came off the bridge.
“I turned around to look back and got the fright of my life,” she told the tv station. “Now there’s fire pouring into the lake from the center of the bridge. … It’ seems like a scene from hell, truly. A scene from hell. … The flames are intense and therefore the sky is crammed with black smoke.”
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