Funicular fire austria

Opening day 2000 at Kitzsteinhorn Glacier near Kaprun, Austria, was supposed to be the joyful start of the 2000-01 season—instead, the day turned into the deadliest ski resort disaster in history. The 9:00 a.m. funicular train ‘Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2’ was carrying 162 people that morning when a fire broke out inside the 3.3-kilometer (2.1-mile) long tunnel on November 11. Only […]