A passenger train collides with a car on a
level crossing at
Morlanwelz,
Hainaut, Belgium, and is damaged by the subsequent fire. During recovery operations, it breaks free from the train hauling it, runs away for 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) and collides with a passenger train at
Strépy-Bracquegnies. Two people are killed, seven are injured.
(The Brussels Times)
Authorities in
Beijing evict thousands of its migrant population in wake of a fire that left 19 people dead earlier this month, leaving many homeless in sub-zero temperatures.
(Radio Free Asia)(Quartz)