Kaprun disaster

When

11 Nov 2000

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

47.23° N, 12.72° E

Description

railway disaster in Austria (2000)

Deaths

155

2000 funicular train fire in Austria

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.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der Brandkatastrophe der Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 in Österreich sterben in einem Tunnel 155 Menschen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В результате возгорания поезда-фуникулёра на австрийском горнолыжном курорте Капрун погибли 155 человек;”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Kaprun (Austria) mueren 155 esquiadores al incendiarse un teleférico en un túnel alpino”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “トンネル内の火災で日本人ツアー客10人含む155人が死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page