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UK freight train carrying diesel catches fire, derails

| August 28, 2020 12:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — About 300 people in Wales had to be evacuated after a freight train carrying large amounts of diesel caught fire and derailed, British Transport Police said Thursday.

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