Sentence examples for railway fire from inspiring English sources

An underground railway fire led to the evacuation of thousands of San Francisco commuters on BART trains, stopped BART service for two hours and closed five train stations and the three-mile Transbay tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland.

It enabled the development of a functional information reference source for IMs, RUs, police (state, municipal and railway), fire services and other first responders, regulatory and investigation bodies, which supports response management and consequences mitigation actions, particularly with respect to the shut-down time of railway operation.

On Sundays from late July to the beginning of September the railway fires up its Stately Trains Collection which includes one carriage rumoured to have used by Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria.

Andrew Adonis Transport Minister Nothing fired me with enthusiasm to take up my new job more than Christian Wolmar's superb new history of the railways, Fire & Steam (Atlantic).

The last aerial reconnaissance on 20 September reported three large fires burning at Nablus railway station, fires burning at the Balata dumps, and the whole Ottoman front line from El Lubban to the Jordan alarmed.

The last aerial reconnaissance of the day reported seeing a brigade of Desert Mounted Corps' cavalry entering Beisan on the Esdrealon Plain, three large fires were burning at Nablus railway station, fires were also reported at the Balata dumps, and the whole Ottoman line from El Lubban to the Jordan appeared to be "alarmed".

In less than a year, it has taught more than 50m people not to walk across a railway line or set fire to their hair.

During the sessions, opposition members accused the government of shooting unarmed demonstrators as well as medical workers, and of placing snipers on an elevated railway track to fire at protesters taking shelter in a temple.

Investigators said troops had taken position on an elevated railway track and fired high-velocity rounds into the Bangkok temple, where hundreds of terrified men, women and children were seeking sanctuary.

Charging past the rest of the assault party, O'Leary closed with the first German barricade at the top of the railway embankment and fired five shots, killing the gun's crew.

The tanks battled through to the railway station and opened fire at it.