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Dying while trying to rescue survivors of the 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire Pierlucio Tinazzi ( Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrˈluːtʃo tiˈnattsi] ; 27 December 1962 Morgex – 24 March 1999 Courmayeur ) was an Italian security guard who died while trying to rescue victims of the 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire .
The tunnel underwent major changes in the three years it remained closed after the fire. [4] Renovations include computerized detection equipment, extra security bays, a parallel escape shaft and a fire station in the middle of the tunnel complete with double-cabbed fire trucks. The safety shafts also have clean air flowing through them via vents.
March 24 – France and Italy – Mont Blanc tunnel fire. Thirty-nine people were killed in a tunnel fire between France and Italy. April 30 – Greece – A small vehicle collided with a stopped tanker truck loaded with propane and started a fire near Kamena Vourla, Fthiotis. A huge explosion followed several minutes later killing five people ...
Pages in category "1999 fires" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Mont Blanc Tunnel fire; S. Sealand Youth Training Center Fire
French rescue officials said they found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc. 4 climbers found dead on Mont Blanc after phone connection cuts out ...
On October 5, 1999, in morning rush hour two trains – an InterCity 125 High Speed Train and a Class 165 Thames Turbo commuter train – collide at Ladbroke Grove junction near London's Paddington station after the driver of the Thames Turbo fails to stop his train at a red signal. The trains collided at a combined speed of 130 m.p.h ...
According to a news release shared on Facebook on Sunday. Dec. 8, police officers and firefighters responded to the incident at around 4:30 p.m., and the 12-year-old boy's body was recovered from ...
Fishermen found a body on Aug. 28, 1988, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. She was found in the Puyallup River near Sumner, authorities said in a news release on Dec. 1.