early On Saturday afternoon it came in the sound of mountain tunnel above Ried-Brig, VS to a vehicle fire. A coach of a Croatian group was in a Tunnel full of fire, all occupants were able to exit the vehicle via the tunnel portal. Wounded no, said Mathias Volken of the police of the Canton of Valais. "At the time of the fire, no other vehicles in the Tunnel."
#carb edge Ried brig – delete complete analysis of the damage, work on the Tunnel – Simplon axis to Another locked - no redirection possible, an alternative option is via car transport Brig-Iselle. Kapo VS pic.twitter.com/oAe9ncDiil
— police in Valais (@police of Valais) January 12, 2019
By the fire in the coach was completely destroyed, the tunnel wall was affected. How big the losses are, analyze specialists. Still not be clear how big the damage to the infrastructure are, in fact, says Volken. The sound mountain tunnel and the Simplon pass, not to stay for an indefinite period of time blocked, a redirection there at the moment.
Video: carb edge in the sound mountain tunnel
Taken over by 20 minutes, edited, of the daily Gazette.ch/Newsnet.
Created: 12.01.2019, 17:22 PM