Video: Massive Fire As Train Hits Fuel Truck In Mexico, Hundreds Evacuated

A cargo train hit a fuel tanker in central Mexico on Thursday, causing a major blaze that set several homes on fire, according to local media and government officials.

A massive fire broke out in central Mexico, Thursday, when a fuel tanker truck crashed into an overpass next to a railroad track, igniting thick smoke in the area, prompting a mass evacuation, authorities said.

Video footage of the fire on social media showed a freight train hurtling through the flames after the accident in the city of Aguascalientes, with drivers at the scene stunned by backing away from their cars with children near them.

Between 800 and 1, said Miguel Murillo, Aguascalientes fire chief,

A thousand people were evacuated after the tanker hit the bridge and set a residential area on fire.

Murillo said 12 people were rescued from homes and no one was hurt, although one person suffered minor effects from smoke inhalation.

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