Passengers of a Spanish train lived moments of unprecedented terror and panic after they were surrounded by fire from all sides, prompting some of them to break windows and flee.
In a breathtaking scene that seemed to be a clip from a thriller movie, news sites reported a video clip showing the flames surrounding a train on its way from the province of Valencia to the province of Zaragoza in Spain, which is witnessing a wave of fires due to high temperatures.
The passengers (48 passengers) panicked and a number of them fled - in an unsecured attempt to survive - towards the nearby fields after the train stopped in a rural area.
According to the British Guardian newspaper, at least 20 people suffered burns, 3 of them seriously.
Reuters published a video clip of the accident, in which one of the passengers, fleeing from the raging flames, was running quickly to seek help after the fire devoured his clothes.
This comes as Castellón's fire brigade shared a video of firefighters escaping from the flames that extended several meters high after being fanned by the wind, and their cries rose from the horror of the scene.
Climate change is causing unprecedented fires and damage
Spain has witnessed a wave of forest fires in recent weeks, fueled by high temperatures, especially in Valencia (east), and records the largest area of burned land in Europe, followed by Romania (150,528 hectares), Portugal (75,277 hectares), and France (61 1,289 hectares).
The intense heat wave continued to invade many regions of the world, with record temperatures recorded in Europe and the United States, and the outbreak of huge fires that spread to North Africa, while the United Nations warned of the frequency of the phenomenon until 2060 due to climate change.
According to climate experts, the climatic changes that lead to an increase in global temperatures were caused by greenhouse gases - such as carbon dioxide - that accumulate in the atmosphere in large quantities and cause the sun's heat to be trapped in the atmosphere, which leads to a rise in the temperature of the planet and the outbreak of fires and heat waves. Unprecedented.
According to the British network, "BBC" (BBC), scientists say that this situation will affect the whole world, as the weather will become more harsh;
That is, there will be long droughts, high temperatures, violent rains, and unprecedented floods.