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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.
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 .
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
1991 – Multiple collision of 25 vehicles due to fog in A-8 Highway from Bilbao to Behobia near Amorebieta, Spain. Several vehicles caught fire, killing 18, on December, 6. 1999 – 1999 Mont Blanc Tunnel fire—39 deaths, caused by the cargo of a transport truck catching fire while in the tunnel
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24 March – A fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years. 13 June – European Parliament election in France. 11 August – a total solar eclipse occurs in the north of France. September – The Peugeot 607 is launched to replace the unsuccessful decade-old 605.
Late that afternoon Darren Doss, a slim, black-haired 22-year-old, watched as his fellow Marines zipped up the two body bags, placed them tenderly on stretchers and ran out to the waiting helicopter. Away it went with the remains of Smitty and Angus, and Doss with a heavy heart turned back into the tent.