Fiery train derailment kills at least 10

? A railcar 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 plowed into a residential neighborhood just outside the rail station in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio, and the resulting explosion collapsed at least two buildings and set fire to a vast area.

Seven people, including a child, were killed at home by the collapses or the fire, said Raffaele Gargiulo, a police spokesman in the nearby city of Lucca, which is in charge of the smaller town of Viareggio.

Two drivers who were on the road alongside the tracks when the train derailed were killed. The 10th victim, a young man, died in the hospital, Gargiulo said.

Lucca’s top government official, Prefect Carmelo Aronica, told Italy’s RAI state TV that at least 50 people were injured, 35 of whom were hospitalized with severe burns.