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Laval Station Evacuated After a Fire Starts on an Auxiliary Battery of a TGV Connecting Paris to Saint-Malo

Summary by franceinfo.fr
This Monday, August 17, the passengers of the train connecting Paris to Saint-Malo were evacuated to the Laval station. SNCF explains that the stoppage of the train is due to a "material damage". According to the Mayenne SDIS, the incident was caused by an auxiliary battery which reportedly caught fire.

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Monday morning, a non- banal misadventure involved a train connecting Paris and Saint-Malo (35), an auxiliary battery of which caught fire. This incident led to the evacuation of passengers at Laval station.

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This Monday, August 17, the passengers of the train connecting Paris to Saint-Malo were evacuated to the Laval station. SNCF explains that the stoppage of the train is due to a "material damage". According to the Mayenne SDIS, the incident was caused by an auxiliary battery which reportedly caught fire.

The facts occurred on Monday, August 17th in a TGV train connecting Paris to Saint-Malo (Bretagne). All passengers were forced to leave the train at Laval train station (Mayenne).

Read the full article on stephaneLarue.com A Paris-Rennes TGV was stopped at Laval station this Monday morning after a fire started on an auxiliary battery. The 782 passengers were evacuated without injuries.

The Laval station was evacuated this Monday morning due to a start of fire in the car of a TGV. All passengers were evacuated. About 20 firefighters were mobilized on site.

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ici.fr broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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