Fireman killed in explosion

Elsterwerda - A 60-year-old fireman was killed and nine people were injured yesterday when six petrol tanker wagons overturned at an east German railway station. Police said the fire, which started at dawn, engulfed the station in the town of Elsterwerda, 150 km south of Berlin, and destroyed the building. Fifteen motor vehicles outside it were set ablaze. --(Reuters)