Greece train crash: 32 people dead and dozens injured in fiery collision

At least 32 people are dead and 85 others injured after two trains collided near the city of Larissa in Greece late on Tuesday night.

Officials said an intercity passenger train, travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki, collided at high speed with a cargo train close to midnight.

Multiple train carriages derailed and at least three caught fire following the crash near Tempe, some 235 miles north of Athens.

The collision is understood to be the deadliest rail crash in Greece in decades. 

In the early hours of Wednesday, rescue crews were still searching for survivors. Local media reported about 350 people were travelling on the passenger train, which departed Athens around 7.30pm local time.

"The evacuation of passengers is under way in very difficult conditions given the severity of the collision of the two trains," fire brigade spokesperson, Vassilis Varthakogiannis, said in a televised address.