A state of emergency has been declared in the Serbian town of Pirot, AP reported.
The agency specifies that a freight train carrying ammonia derailed.
The local authorities specify it 51 people were hospitalized with symptoms of ammonia leak poisoning.
Eight people were admitted to a hospital in Nis, and the rest were admitted to the Pirot health facility, local mayor Vladan Vasic announced. The doctors of the Pirot hospital later informed that one of the people hospitalized after the accident, It’s passed over.
He had serious health problems.
At least one of the tanks is fell into the bed of the river Nishava.
Local authorities have reassured the population that the city’s water supply has not been affected by the accident. However, in Bela Palanka municipality, people have been ordered not to use tap water for drinking and cooking.
It is still unclear what caused the train to derail. According to the AFP the composition came from Bulgaria.
