A train with empty cisterns on the Karshi-Bukhara line has crashed with a freight train with 59 cisterns of crude oil at the 'Sulphur plant' station on August 21 early in the morning, a source in Uzbekistan Railways told RIA Novosti.
The source did not give a number but stressed that there were victims.
The source said that there was a fire as a result of the crash. Several derailed cisterns with crude oil and diesel locomotive burst into flame.
"After measures were taken the rest of the cisterns were uncoupled and placed in a safe area. The fire was extinguished by the emergency agencies and the fire brigade at 6:00 a.m. A departmental commission has been created. It is investigating the cause of the accident," a spokesman for the agency said
