At least 10 dead in derailed train blaze

A railway wagon filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people and injured 50 others, officials said today.

The rear of the train careered into a residential neighbourhood just outside the railway station in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio, and the resulting explosion caused at least two buildings to collapse and set fire to a vast area.