In the Tauern tunnel there was a fire in the direction of Villach on Friday morning. A car that had loaded two more vehicles on a trailer came on full fire.
According to the first information, there was a vehicle fire in the tunnel 70 meters behind the Noordportaal. The driver of the pick-up truck responded quickly and disconnected his trailer, who was able to prevent further damage. 46 Firefighters from Flachau in the Pongau and Zederhaus in Lungau moved to tame the flames in the tractor.
The vehicle, which was completely burned down, was removed at 11:10 am only 30 minutes later, for the time being it was known that the vehicles were in a bay, there were no other vehicles in the tunnel and there were no injuries. After a lock in both directions, the track to Salzburg could be released again for traffic for lunch. The clean -up work continues.
The tunnel looks back on a sad history in terms of fires. Almost exactly 26 years ago there was a terrible fire disaster after a collision, in the course of the course of the twelve people died and 42 injured. Since then, billions have been placed in improved security measures.
Source: Krone
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