Explosion at sugar mill halts trains in Skåne

En explosion på sockerbruket i Örtofta mellan Eslöv och Lund innebär att tågtrafiken på södra stambanan intill har stoppats.

An explosion at the sugar mill in Örtofta between Eslöv and Lund means that train services on the southern trunk railway next door have been stopped. The explosion occurred shortly before 4am on Saturday morning. Parts, including bricks, of the building at the mill where the explosion occurred were scattered over the area nearby, across the road and rail. — But what we do know is...

There was an explosion in a sugar mill in Örtofta, Scania during the night. “It is some kind of pressure vessel in the production that has exploded,” says Gustaf Sandell, duty officer at Rescue Service Syd. Train services on the southern trunk railway next door have been halted due to the explosion.

En explosion på sockerbruket i Örtofta mellan Eslöv och Lund innebär att tågtrafiken på södra stambanan intill har stoppats.