In a terrifying incident, passengers on board a train in Spain were suddenly stranded in the midst of a massive wildfire on Monday as it raged through vegetation near the track. The train was going from the country’s capital Madrid to Ferrol when it temporarily halted due to the fire.
Passengers watched in horror as wildfires burned on both sides of a halted train in Zamora, Spain, amid the ongoing heat wave. https://t.co/A0Kc0rZghq pic.twitter.com/RARgBPaxP5
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) July 18, 2022
A video of the scary moment has gone viral on social media, which shows passengers in the carriage becoming increasingly terrified as they look out of the windows to see the entire area outside engulfed in flames.
The clip recorded the view from the right-hand side of the train, which showed a line of orange flames outside. The video then focuses on the left side, which is also ablaze.
The train company, Renfe, shared a series of warnings over the fire on Twitter.
“The circulation of all trains is suspended until further notice. Renfe has organized an alternative road transport service between the Zamora and Sanabria AV stations for train passengers who had already departed from their stations of origin,” Renfe's tweet read when translated to English.
According to a report in Newsweek, a fire in Zamora, in northwest Spain, has claimed two lives. Local officials have also informed that around 20 wildfires are still raging in which nearly 4,500 hectares of vegetation has been destroyed.
Meanwhile, the death tollin Spain’s heatwave has risen to 368 people.
