On Monday, after 10 p.m., the firefighters marched out in force to the XIV. district. THE disaster recovery according to his information, railway sleepers were on fire on the Teleki Blanka Street side of the Rákosrendező station.
A part of a 100-meter-long, twenty-meter-wide, five-meter-high footing fell on fire. The professional firefighters from the capital, who came out in great force, started extinguishing the fire with two water jets. Machines are expected to arrive at the site to break up the tree, according to the website of the disaster management.
According to the information of the MÁV:
- those traveling by evening trains should expect significant delays on the Budapest–Vác–Szob, Budapest–Veresegyház–Vác and Budapest–Esztergom lines.
- on the Esztergom line, trains run to Angyaföld and depart for Esztergom from there.
- on the Szob line, trains run only as far as Rákospalota–Újpest and from there they depart for Vác, Szob, and Veresegyház, Vác.
- train tickets and passes are accepted on the M3 metro and tram 14 on the section between Rákospalota–Újpest–Angyalföld–Lehet tér–Nyugati pályaudvar.
The sirens of the firefighters arriving at the scene could also be heard in the neighboring districts.
The disaster management also published a video of the flames, as well as how firefighters are trying to put out the fire with enormous forces.
The 32 cubic meter gas tank near the sleepers was towed by a locomotive 300 meters away. Water tankers, water cannons and work machines also arrived at the scene to help the firefighters. The units have extinguished the fires that have spread, but dismantling the pile can take a long time. The station was completely de-energized and the railway traffic was stopped for a while, but trains have been running again since midnight.
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Gallery: The cancer director’s station burned with huge flames Photo: Tamás Kaszás / Index
Maxi-Dubai is being built here
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently announced that Hungary and the United Arab Emirates have agreed that the XIV. At the Rákosrendező railway station in the district, the government arranges the infrastructure of the area, while the United Arab Emirates is investing in real estate on an almost unprecedented scale in Hungary.
A shopping and entertainment center, parks, offices, a range of services and residential properties will be built on the 130-hectare – currently neglected – area.
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