At least four people have been killed and ten injured, including the driver, after a passenger train derailed in Greece.

The intercity train was travelling with nearly 100 passengers from Athens to Thessaloniki when it went off the rails and crashed into a house near a station in the village of Adendro on Saturday night. 

Witnesses say they saw the train slam into a house, where two people jumped off a balcony.

The Athens News Agency reported about 100 passengers were on board the train and some media said five carriages derailed during the incident.

The train's engine was propelled into a nearby house but the cause of the accident is still not yet known. 

Twelve fire brigade trucks were deployed to the area, the fire brigade said and a rescue operation is under way.

Adendro is around 23 miles from the city of Thessaloniki.