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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 ...
Mont Blanc Tunnel fire: March 24, 1999: ... A truck carrying margarine and flour catches fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel, ... killing all but 23 men on board.
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.