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Italian train derailment toll rises to 21
Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 21 after a woman and a man died in hospital.
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- Published: 16:48 July 3, 2009
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Italian explosion death toll at 16
Italian train derailment death toll climbs to 16
Rome: Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 21 after a woman and a man died in hospital.
The Civil Protection said about a dozen of the injured remained in serious condition.
A train carrying liquefied gas derailed around midnight on Monday in the seaside town of Viareggio, setting off a massive explosion that consumed nearby homes. Most of the victims were severely burned and only about half of the dead have been identified.
Viareggio's damaged train station partially reopened on Friday. Meanwhile, Italian railways Trenitalia said it had suspended transportation of all rail cars registered with US rail and marine leasing company GATX.
The Vienna-based GATX Rail Europe owns the gas cars involved in the derailment. Italian officials have blamed the disaster on the breakage of a wheel axle of one of the cars.
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