UPDATE - 20 injured in China train accident

Accident caused by landslide when train was traveling to southern Guangdong province from eastern Shandong

UPDATES NUMBER OF INJURED, EDITS THROUGHOUT, CHANGES HEADLINE

By Sorwar Alam

ANKARA (AA) - At least 20 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in China's central Hunan province on Monday, local media reported.

State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the train derailed in Yongxing county, the city of Chenzhou, around noon.

No casualties were reported.

The train was traveling to the southern Guangdong province from the city of Jinan, eastern Shandong province.

The accident was caused by a landslide due to incessant rains for the past few days.

After the train hit the mass, it caused fire in the power generation of the car, resulting in damages to five carriages and injuries to 20 people.

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