Six engines and 24 firefighters were mobilized this Thursday morning at Nice station to put out a fire which broke out on the engine of a train, we learned from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service. emergency service (Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes. The origin of the incident, which caused no injuries, was not immediately specified. Contacted by 20 Minutes, the SNCF specified that it was a locomotive pulling a TER.
The train in question was stored in the technicentre of Nice-Ville station, the space where maintenance operations are carried out on SNCF rolling stock, and was therefore not welcoming any passengers at the time the fire broke out. is declared.