Seconds From Disaster - S01E02 - Tunnel Inferno part 1
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Please subscribe and comment... A truck carrying margarine catches fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel, which connects France and Italy under Mont Blanc. 38 people were killed in the inferno.
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Yeah, its air isn't it.
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Great theory. Too bad it goes out the window since trucks don't have brake fluid in the brake lines.
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the fie was caused by a broken brake pipe spraying brake fluid onto hot exhaust. This give white vapour that was mistaken for smoke and made driver stop. then the fluid immediately flashed into flame and burned up the truck and the trailer.. Then the Atmospheric Press Ram Effect forced air to feed the fire and take it over 1500degrees.
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far too costly
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This... this is just outright terrifying. How horrible it was for those who had to experience that that day, and the families of those who perished.
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@tenaciousdane1986 no phone reception in a tunnel, in fact at that point mobile phones were still rare. Emergency telephones are staggered every 50m (i think?) these days. Not sure what the safety precautions were, there were many, but now theres every precaution available, including infra-red scanning vehicles to check for possible fires. a coach i was on did it in 11 mins. Not much stops a tunnel fire, not sure what you expect him to do?
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that truckdriver pisses me off.. people tried to get his attention by signalling him which he apparently is too stupid to understand. then when he finally finds out that something is wrong, he just runs away, doesnt call 911 or anything..what a f*cking idiot!
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Its a trap!
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