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A huge fire broke out in Budapest XIV district late Monday night. The flame column reached a height of ten meters, the smoke could also be seen from Buda.
After 10 p.m. on Monday, firefighters deployed to district XIV with great force. According to disaster management, railway sleepers burned on the Teleki Blanka Street side of Rákosrendez.
Part of a pile of sleepers 100 meters long, twenty meters wide and five meters high caught fire. The professional firefighters of the capital, who deployed with great force, started extinguishing with two water jets. Machines are expected at the site to break up the woodpile, according to the disaster management website.
The siren sound of firefighters arriving at the scene could also be heard in neighboring districts.
The disaster management agency also released a video of the blaze and firefighters trying to extinguish the fire with huge forces.
Fire fighters trying to extinguish the fire with all their effort.
The 32 cubic metre gas tank near the sleepers was towed by a locomotive 300 metres away. Water carriers, water cannons and implements also arrived at the scene to assist firefighters. The units extinguished the fires that spread, but it may take a long time to dismantle the stack. The station was completely de-energized and rail traffic was shut down for a while, but trains have been allowed to run again since midnight.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently announced that Hungary and the United Arab Emirates have agreed that the government will settle the infrastructure of the area at the Rákosrendez railway station in district XIV, while the United Arab Emirates will implement real estate investments on an almost unprecedented scale in Hungary.
The 130-hectare – currently neglected – area will be used to build a shopping and entertainment centre, parks, offices, services and residential properties.
