Strasbourg train station thrown into chaos after apparent explosion on train. Passengers were escorted off the train, which had also been carrying members of the European Parliament back to Brussels.
Passengers including European Parliament officials were evacuated from a train heading for Brussels after some reported hearing an 'explosion', according to local media.Emmanuel Foulon, a spokesperson for the European Parliament, was among those on board and reported hearing 'a fairly loud boom' and seeing 'black smoke'.
Around 20 firefighters were deployed to the busy station at 2.45 pm local time, according to the Bas-Rhin firefighters' office.It added that a section of the train had been reserved for European parliamentary officials.Pelle Geertsen, a Danish official in the Left group, described the evacuation as 'chaotic' in a post on the social media platform X.
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