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Roof hatch flies off moving Sydney train

Investigations are underway after a man was injured when a roof hatch flew off a moving train at a Sydney station.

A man who was injured after a roof hatch flew off a train as it approached a station in Sydney's inner-west has received an apology from NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance.

The hatch fell off the train as it was approaching a platform at Burwood Station on Monday afternoon.

The injured commuter was treated by paramedics but wasn't hospitalised.

A small fire on the roof self-extinguished by the time NSW Fire and Rescue crews arrived.

Mr Constance said the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and Office of Transport Safety Investigations would be examining the damaged train.

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"I'd like to offer my sincere apologies to the man injured after today's incident at Burwood train station," he said in a statement.


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