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  2. Mont Blanc Tunnel fire - Wikipedia

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    The fire burned for fifty-three hours and was estimated to have reached a temperature of 1,000 °C (1,830 °F), mainly because of the margarine load in the trailer, equivalent to a 23,000-litre (5,100 imp gal; 6,100 US gal) oil tanker. The fire spread to other cargo vehicles nearby that also carried combustible loads.

  3. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  4. Road signs in Spain - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 21 In the event that there is no official place name, the place name is first written in the regional language followed by a slash and the place name in Spanish. Where there is a lack of space, the place names are placed on two lines, with the name in the local language shown first followed by that in Spanish, with a horizontal line ...

  5. Officials commended the driver for their handling of the situation — and of the 56,000-pound fire truck — saying that their actions likely prevented worse possible outcomes.

  6. Wild dashcam video shows out-of-control truck slam into first ...

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    An out-of-control truck slammed into two first responder vehicles in Michigan this week, shocking dash camera video showed.. The first responders were assisting another accident on the snow ...

  7. Los Alfaques disaster - Wikipedia

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    By 2:35 pm the truck was driving past the Los Alfaques campsite, after travelling 102 km (63 mi) from the ENPETROL refinery. [3] The time is known because the driver's watch –which was found still attached to his burnt wrist– had stopped at 2:36 pm. [ 3 ] The tightly packed campsite was crowded with nearly 1,000 visitors, many from Germany ...

  8. WATCH: Firefighters run for their lives as out-of-control ...

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    Emergency responders along an icy Interstate 94 in Comstock Township, Michigan, ran for their lives Thursday morning when a box truck driver lost control, skidded along the slippery highway and ...

  9. Uro (trucks) - Wikipedia

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    Uro rural firefighting truck in North Spain URO VAMTAC. URO M3-24.14 of the UME. Uro (Both Galician and Spanish for "aurochs") is a Spanish brand of all-wheel-drive and military trucks, based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. The Uro parent company, Urovesa, was started in 1981 by a group of ex-IPV employees. They quickly established ...