Help! Spaniards spooked when their train stops in wildfire
2022. 7. 19. 01:36ㆍ■ 국제/지구촌 오늘
Help! Spaniards spooked when their train stops in wildfire
MADRID (AP) — When Francisco Seoane’s train unexpectedly stopped in the Spanish countryside, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked out the window at wildfires encroaching on both sides of the track.
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“It was really scary to see how quickly the fire spread. Just in the blink of an eye, a new bush began burning. It was a matter of seconds,” the Spaniard told The Associated Press on Monday.
“It suddenly become night,” he added. “And we could even smell the smoke” inside the railcar.
Video of the unscheduled — and unnerving — stop shows about a dozen passengers in Seoane’s railcar becoming alarmed as they look out of the windows.
Flames licked at the vegetation, and smoke darkened the blue skies as the train drew to a halt on Monday morning in the province of Zamora, where blazes have charred large areas of woodland in recent days. That province has recorded two deaths from wildfires in the past two days: a 69-year-old shepherd and a 62-year-old firefighter trapped in the flames.
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With no passenger announcements coming over the train’s public address system, Seoane said passengers became agitated and began to stand up in the aisle.
An Adif spokeswoman told The AP that passengers were never in danger.
More than 30 forest fires around Spain have forced the evacuation of thousands of people and blackened some 22,000 hectares (54,300 acres) over the past week.
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