Updated Saturday, July 4, 2009 10:24 am TWN, AP

Italian train derailment death toll rises to 21

ROME -- The death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany rose to 21 on Friday after a woman and a man died in hospital, Italian officials said.

The Civil Protection said about a dozen of the injured remained in serious condition.

A train carrying liquefied gas derailed around midnight Monday in the seaside town of Viareggio, setting off a massive explosion that consumed nearby homes. Most of the victims were severely burned and only about half of the dead have been identified.

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