Kaprun disaster
2000 funicular train fire in Austria
Kaprun disaster
On 11 November 2000, a fire broke out on a train of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria. The burning car came to a stop in a tunnel that funneled smoke and flames upward, killing 155 people. Most of the victims were skiers on their way to the Kitzsteinhorn glacier. The incident remains the deadliest rail disaster in Austrian history. Investigation found that the fire was caused by atomized oil from a faulty hydraulic pipe being sucked into and ignited by a nearby fan heater.
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