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Seaside Italian Surf Town Hit By 'Apocalyptic' Explosion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas

'The 14-car freight train, carrying liquefied petroleum gas, was traveling south through Viareggio, in Tuscany, ...The train ran off the tracks and exploded. ...The flames ravaged entire streets, ..."It was an apocalypse," a survivor said ... "All we could smell was gas and things burning, and all we could see was flames."'- excerpt from this New York Times article.

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