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SHOCK in the Engelberg tunnel: vehicle fire causes huge traffic jams!
Vehicle fire in the Engelberg tunnel near Leonberg causes massive traffic jams. Fire brigade quickly deployed, no injuries.
SHOCK in the Engelberg tunnel: vehicle fire causes huge traffic jams!
SENSATIONAL! Fire brigade in action: Car fires in the Engelberg tunnel cause CHAOS!
An anything but ordinary afternoon in Leonberg! On Wednesday, shortly after 4:30 p.m., an alarming vehicle fire broke out in the Engelberg Tunnel, not only bringing traffic to a standstill but also triggering a dramatic evacuation. A 28-year-old driver of a Renault Twingo parked his vehicle in the west tube in the direction of Stuttgart and hid himself to safety just in time before FLAMES seized the car! szbz.de reports that ...
The shock was deep: thanks to the quick response of the fire alarm system, 53 people were led to shelters while the fire brigade started extinguishing the fire at a breathtaking pace. However, within a very short time, by 5:45 p.m. to be precise, the heroes in uniform had the flames under control. Incredible!
DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES: Traffic jams as a result of the ALARM!
Late in the evening, at 8:30 p.m., the tunnel was finally reopened to traffic, but the climax of the events caused the traffic around Leonberg to descend into chaos! Traffic jam after traffic jam, impatient drivers and the booming noise of emergency services were the result of this terrible incident! But that's not all! Earlier, on Monday afternoon, a fire alarm caused another SHOCKING closure of the Engelberg Tunnel. The Esslinger Zeitung reports that...
The closure lasted almost the entire hour, and both the directions to Heilbronn and Karlsruhe/Singen were affected! Traffic jams of apocalyptic proportions, while the fire brigade, alerted by a fire alarm, could not detect any fire risk. What triggered the alarm? This MYSTERIOUS circumstance remains unexplained for the time being!
A look back at TUNNEL FIRE!
But what do you do in the face of such catastrophic incidents? A look at the history of tunnel fires since 2012 shows that there have already been 66 incidents with significant smoke development in road tunnels! An investigation reveals that...
Seven of these shocking incidents resulted in smoke from burning vehicles entering the tunnels! In 57 of these dangerous events, drivers managed to get their car out of the tunnel in time. What dramatic scenes are taking place before our eyes!
One thing is certain: the events in the Engelberg Tunnel are a dramatic reminder of the dangers that can lurk in the streets and tunnels. Hopefully such SHOCKING incidents do not become a habit and all road users remain vigilant!