An explosive device detonated on a railway track in the Bryansk region. A freight train derailed

May 1, 2023

In the Bryansk region there was an explosion on the railway. About it in my telegram channel informed Governor of the region Alexandre Bogomaz. As a result of the explosion, the locomotive of the freight train derailed.

Bogomaz clarified that the explosion occurred at the 136th kilometer of the Briansk-Unecha railway line, in the Unecha district. Traffic on this section of the road is temporarily suspended.

According to Bogomaz, there were no casualties as a result of the incident, operational services are working on the scene.

Baza telegram channel informed , that on the Rassukha – Unecha section, a train of 60 wagons carrying petroleum products and wood could derail. According to the chain, following the derailment of the locomotive, about seven or eight cars overturned and a fire broke out. There is no official confirmation of this information.

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