22 October 2011, 23:00
Railway blown up in Dagestan
Today, a freight train was blow up on the North-Caucasian Railways in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, as reported by district law enforcers.
"According to preliminary data, there were no casualties or victims; several cars got derailed," said the source.
According to his story, law enforcers employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) and repairmen make their way to the place of the accident, the "Interfax" reports.
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has confirmed the fact of explosion, also noting that nobody was hurt by the blast.
A source from the Transport Department of the local MIA has added that the incident happened at about 7:20 p.m. on the railway section Manas-Achi.
"The explosion was triggered under the locomotive. According to our data, the train didn't get off the track. The traffic along the section is temporarily stopped.
Specialists plan to start studying the place on Sunday morning," the RIA "Novosti" quotes the source as saying.
