Motorway fire
A fire truck causes the closure of the Gothard tunnel
The transalpine axis of the Gothard was closed for 5:30 am Friday after a heavyweight caught fire. The book reopened at the end of the evening.
The Gothard tunnel was able to reopen on Friday, around 11:15 p.m.
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Friday around 5.30 p.m., a truck caught fire in the Gothard motorway tunnel. According to information from «SRF»the driver of the truck was injured. The axis was able to reopen later in the evening.
More than 5 hours of closure
The semi-trailer, which carried liquid food products, caught fire four kilometers after entering the tunnel. The vehicle cabin was completely destroyed by the fire.
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A cap then formed in front of the two northern portals. During the closure, people in vehicles inside the tunnel escaped the thick releases of smoke and gas by taking refuge in the emergency galleries. Later in the evening, they were able to turn around and get out of the tunnel.
It was not until 11:15 p.m. that the work could be reopened, after an in -depth inspection of damage.
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