After the train fire in the Terfen railway tunnel in Tyrol on Wednesday evening with 33 slightly injured, the search for the exact cause of the fire continued on Friday. Investigators from the state criminal investigation department had been on site since the morning hours with fire experts and technicians from ÖBB – in the afternoon it was finally clear what had caused the fire.
„According to the current status of the investigation and according to the logs and evaluations collected so far, it must be assumed that a camper with a hard top parked on the upper deck of a railcar is causally related to the fire,” the LKA Tyrol said on Friday afternoon.
Raised roof lock unlocked
And further: “Therefore, it is highly probable that the lifting roof’s locking mechanism has become loose due to the loads while driving, causing the roof to rise through the airflow and then making contact with the live overhead wire. vehicle caught fire.
According to the current state of the investigation, the owner should not be at fault.
151 passengers rescued from tunnel
In the Terfenertunnel, a tunnel of the new Unterinntalbahn, fire broke out at Fritzens on Wednesday evening. A Nightjet carrying 151 passengers was in the tunnel when the fire broke out. The night train to Hamburg/Amsterdam was immediately stopped. Due to the strong smoke development, the evacuation of the passengers was only possible with fire escape hoods.
33 people were taken to hospital with minor injuries suspected of smoke inhalation. All those affected have since been released.
The night train that caught fire was recovered on Thursday morning and driven back to Innsbruck’s main station. There the passengers got their luggage back and the undamaged vehicles were also unloaded.
Source: Krone
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