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A passenger train and a freight train collided in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring 85 others as flames and plumes of smoke swelled the night sky.
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The crash occurred shortly before midnight near Tempe Valley in northern Greece, an official from Greece’s Hellenic Fire Service said.
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The passenger train was riding along a route between two popular tourist cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, when it crashed about 255 miles north of Athens. Some of the injured were transported to hospitals in the nearby city of Larissa, and at least 150 firefighters and dozens of emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene.
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Firefighters and first responders work at the scene of the collision near Larissa, Greece.
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Vaggelis Kousioras/AP
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Firefighters work to extricate passengers.
Apostolis Domalis
Apostolis Domalis
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Ambulances line up near the scene.
Apostolis Domalis
Apostolis Domalis
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Firefighters and first responders at the scene.
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Thanos Floulis/Reuters
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Passengers react after the collision.
Apostolis Domalis
Apostolis Domalis
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A medic treats an injured passenger.
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Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters
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A view of the crash site.
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Giannis Floulis/Reuters
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A man at the site of the crash.
Kostas Mantziaris
Kostas Mantziaris
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Firefighters work at the crash site.
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Thanos Floulis/Reuters
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Rescue workers transport a body from the wreckage.
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Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/Getty Images
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A Greek Orthodox priest stands next to the site of the crash.
Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters
Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters
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Firefighters and rescue crews work to extricate passengers from train cars.
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Apostolis Domalis/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, second right, and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis, left, visit the crash site.
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Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office/AP
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Emergency crews attend the scene.
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Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg News
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Emergency crews work the collision scene.
Vaggelis Kousioras/AP
Vaggelis Kousioras/AP
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Rescuers stand near debris from the trains.
Giannis Papanikos/AP
Giannis Papanikos/AP
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Emergency crews search the wreckage.
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