The operation of an explosive device led to damage to the railway track in the Bryansk region, where a locomotive and several freight cars derailed. This was reported by TASS with a link to the Telegram channel of the region’s governor Alexander Bogomaz.
“An unidentified explosive device went off in the area of the Snezhetskaya railway station. There were no casualties,” he wrote. Bogomaz noted that as a result of the incident, a locomotive and several wagons of a freight train derailed, and operational services are working at the scene.
According to law enforcement agencies, “a freight train of 70 wagons followed the tracks.” “The explosion occurred in the vicinity of the locomotive, as a result of which about 20 wagons derailed,” the source said, adding that there was no fire as a result of the incident.
Earlier, the press service of the Russian Railways reported that in the Bryansk region at 19:47 Moscow time, on the single-track Snezhetskaya-Belye Berega section, due to illegal interference by outsiders in the work of railway transport, a locomotive and 20 freight cars derailed. City fire brigades are on site, a fire brigade and two recovery trains have also been dispatched. To coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the incident, an operational headquarters was created in Russian Railways.
Source: Rosbalt
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