Grisén railway accident
In the railway accident Grisén on February 10, 1965 became a traveling train in fire . 30 people died.
accident
The train no. 886 of the Spanish state railway company RENFE was en route from Madrid to Barcelona . Between the train stations of Grisén and Pinseque , province of Saragossa , a fire broke out - for an unexplained cause - around 6:15 a.m. in a compartment of a heavily occupied third- class passenger car with a wooden body . Possible causes were later suspected: A burning cigarette that got caught between the seats and a wooden wall of the car or a short circuit in the car's electrical system . The state railway company wanted to see the causes in a coincidence and the panicked reaction of the travelers .
The dispatcher at the Grisén station noticed smoke and sparks on one of the last cars as the train was passing , but could not stop it. Due to the strong wind and the headwind - the train was traveling at around 60 km / h - the fire was greatly fanned, spread extremely quickly and also spread to the two following 3rd class cars of the same design. The emergency brake was only pulled 1.5 km after the Grisén train station (about 40 km before Saragossa ) and the train came to a stop. It was possible to separate the rear, burning part of the train from the front part of the train, so that the sleeping car , which ran in front of the 3rd class car, was only slightly damaged. The three cars that caught fire burned down completely.
Those injured in the accident were taken to Alagón and from there to hospitals in Zaragoza. The front part of the train drove with the uninjured travelers to Saragossa in the afternoon and then to its destination station, Barcelona-França .
consequences
30 people died, 33 were also injured. 27 people died of smoke inhalation and burns , four were killed when they jumped off the burning train that was still moving.
literature
- Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 170.
Web links
- NN: 30 passengers killed in Spanish train fire . In: The Milwaukee Journal v. February 10, 1965.
- NN: Catástrofe Ferroviaria a Cuarenta Kilometros de Zaragoza . In: La Vanguardia v. February 11, 1965, p. 1 (photo).
- NN: Llegada del tren a Barcelona Breve relato de un soldado que viajaba en uno cíe los vagones incendiados . In: La Vanguardia v. February 11, 1965, p. 4.
- RENFE: Nota official de la RENFE . In: La Vanguardia v. February 11, 1965, p. 4. (Official statement by RENFE on the accident.)
- Luis Torres: 31 Muertos y 33 Heridos al Incendiarse tres Vagonesdel Correo Madris Barcelona . In: La Vanguardia v. February 11, 1965, p. 3f.