The sequence has nothing to envy to disaster films.
Dozens of freight cars are flipped over on top of each other like cards.
The footage shot with a drone in a remote location is worthy of a post-apocalyptic film.
In the Californian desert, near the town of Ludlow, San Bernardino County firefighters are inspecting the very significant material damage on this freight train off the rails.
No casualties are to be deplored but the scene is spectacular.
For hundreds of meters, the rail convoy is compressed.
The American television NBC Los Angeles reports that an ethanol leak had taken place on one of the cars, but that no start of fire had been noticed by the firefighters.
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