Overview
- Emergency services and firefighters are conducting rescues and evacuations, with some passengers reported trapped in wrecked carriages.
- Official casualty figures remain provisional, with reports ranging from at least five fatalities to more than twenty and dozens of injuries.
- Adif’s initial account says an Iryo service from Málaga to Madrid with about 317 people on board derailed and entered the adjacent line, hitting an Alvia train bound for Huelva and causing further derailments.
- High‑speed rail service between Madrid and Andalusia has been suspended, disrupting Sunday return travel across the busy corridor.
- Authorities have opened a formal investigation, with a malfunctioning track switch cited as an unconfirmed hypothesis as national and regional leaders oversee the response.