South Wales rail line closed after Chepstow train fire

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Image caption, The "small fire" was put out by a railway crew member using an extinguisher

The main railway line between south Wales and the Midlands is "likely" to be shut for the rest of Friday after a small fire on a train to Cardiff.

Network Rail confirmed 55 people were evacuated onto the platform at Chepstow train station in Monmouthshire after the train's front wheels caught fire.

The blaze on the 14:30 BST Cross Country train from Birmingham New Street was put out by a crew member.

There were no reports of injuries and no smoke got into the train's carriage.

Rail operator Network Rail said as the line remains shut following the incident which happened at about 16:00.

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Kieran Smith, 26, from Warwick, was on the train heading to a friend's stag do in Cardiff before being evacuated at Chepstow.

"There was a bit of smoke and smell of something odd burning, and we could see some flames on the underside of the train," he told the 大象传媒.

"This was when we got to Chepstow and they told us all to get off. But everyone is fine."

He said fire crews turned up as the passengers waited in the station car park.