Train Derailment

Train derailment causes massive fire, evacuations in Ohio

Local officials notified residents that an evacuation order remained in place on Saturday morning for people within a mile of the scene, while firefighting efforts continued.

Multiple deaths, injuries after Amtrak train derails in Montana

At least three people killed when an Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed in north-central Montana, an official with the Liberty County Sheriff's Office says.

Several dead, dozens injured as passenger train derails in Egypt

At least 11 people died and around 98 others were injured when the Cairo-Mansura passenger train went off the tracks in the city of Qalyubia, officials say.

Casualties as passenger train derails in Scotland

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the derailment as a “major″ incident. Serious train accidents are rare in the UK. The country’s last fatal derailment was in 2007.

At least 18 dead in Taiwan train derailment

Eighteen people were killed and 168 others injured when one of Taiwan's newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route, officials said.

At least seven people killed in train derailment in Morocco

A train derailed in Sidi Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 80 others.

Hazardous liquid leak after Washington train derails

Train derailment in Washington DC causes hazardous liquid to leak at a subway station approximately five kilometres from the White House.