Trains from Luxembourg resume after fires

Train services between Luxembourg and Thionville on Friday afternoon resumed by around 6pm after a fire broke out in fields close to Hettange-Grande.

According to firefighters at the scene, it would appear that it was friction from a train which sparked the fire alongside the railtracks.

"60 firefighters from 10 stations have been mobilised to fight the flames,” said Thionville commune mayor Roland Balcerzak. 

All trains between Bettembourg and Thionville were suspended during the afternoon because of the fire but began to resume progressively at 6pm.

Rail service CFL put on rail replacement buses from Luxembourg to Thionville, in France, departing from platform 19 at the central train station in Luxembourg City.

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