Source: Radio New Zealand
The incident happened at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. File photo. Supplied / Glenbrook Vintage Railway
One person has been seriously injured, after an explosion in the engine compartment of a steam train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway.
Fire and Emergency sent four trucks to the vintage railway station between Glenbrook and Waiuku in southern Auckland just before 4pm.
A spokesperson said, when firefighters arrived, the blaze was contained inside the engine compartment of the locomotive.
St John Ambulance took one person to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition.
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