In the emergency response Response that followed , 134 firemen and station staff were hospitalized Institutionalization with acute Bodily_harm radiation syndrome due Causation to absorbing Ingestion high doses of ionizing Change radiation .

There were also firemen who used Using rubber dinghies to rescue Rescuing passengers from stranded buses , and shopkeepers who worked Being_in_operation very quickly to prevent Preventing_or_letting the rainfall from destroying Destroying their businesses .

The driver of the Glasgow train leapt clear prior to the impact and survived though badly injured Bodily_harm , but both firemen and the driver of the other train along with 15 passengers were killed Killing and 35 injured Bodily_harm .