Three dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon

Emergency services, Lisbon’un famous Gloria Funicular Cable Railway after the rail of the rail at least three people were killed and 20 people were injured, he said.

In a previous statement, the President of the Portuguese Civil Protection Authority, a few people stuck at the scene and two people were in a serious condition, he said.

The Portuguese newspaper Obsergency, along the route of the railway, a cable is loosened and caused to lose control and collision with a nearby building.

The incident occurred on Wednesday evening around 18:05 near Avenida near Liberdade.

The images, which are widely shared on social media, showed that the yellow fünikül was overthrown and almost completely destroyed.

Since the smoke smoke fills the air, people can be seen while walking from the region on foot.

Gloria Fünikül is one of the most famous landscapes and touristic places in Lisbon. It was opened in 1885 and was electrical after thirty years.