Fire at Moscow Subway Tunnel

Moscow - Thousands of passengers underground railway in the capital Moscow on Wednesday morning dense (05/06/2013) panic when there is a fire and dozens of people had to be evacuated.

According to the Moscow emergency services, fire lit tunnel between the station and the Biblioteca Imeni Lenina Okhotny Ryad, two Moscow Metro stations oldest Sokolnicheskaya path towards the city center near the Kremlin. A total of six stations on this line are closed, according to RIA Novosti reports.

Thousands of people had to be evacuated from the station's six breath because of the smoke filled the train passengers. Fire spattered from electrical cables. There are 47 people, including children aged six years, the medical officer must be addressed. A total of seven people had to be rushed to the hospital, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

"When the power cord sparks, immediate evacuation," said the emergency services told RIA Novosti. Smoke was detected in the train rolled up to the station Biblioteca Imeni Lenina, Moscow police spokesman said. Electricity directly quenched so that firefighters could break into the tunnel. While some ambulances prepared outside the station.

The incident caused chaos at the other stations in Moscow, because people were urged to move to other trains. Park Kulturi subway station is the one that stuck. Every train that came was unable to unload the passengers because many people are eager to get on the train this while others want to exit the station. The discouraged forced to take a taxi or bus.