Viareggio train derailment
The Viareggio derailment was the derailment and subsequent fire of a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas. It occurred on 29 June 2009 in a railway station in Viareggio, Lucca, a city in Central Italy's Tuscany region. Thirty-two people were killed and a further twenty-six were injured.
Viareggio train derailment
Some cars parked near the railway line burn
Viareggio is a city and comune in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city in the province of Lucca, after Lucca.
Aerial view of Viareggio (2022)
The Excelsior (right) and Principe di Piemonte (left) Hotels.
The Burlamacca canal and the old lighthouse.
Principe di Piemonte Hotel.