A passenger train was evacuated following a fire in Cambridgeshire on Sunday (May 5). Firefighters were called to the train on the railway near St Neots at around 6.30pm.
No one was injured as a result of the incident. The fire was in one of the train’s coaches.
A Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “Our Control was alerted to an incident involving a train near St Neots station at around 6.30pm this evening. Crews from St Neots, Gamlingay and Huntingdon attended the incident.
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“Passengers were safely evacuated from the train and no injuries were reported. Working with rail staff they located a fire in one of the coaches and quickly extinguished it. The crews returned to their stations by 7.45pm.”
National Rail reported disruption to railway services in Cambridgeshire as a result of the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been released at this stage.
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