Tunnel Inferno Seconds from Disaster : Season 1 Episode 2
TV-PG National Geographic 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: July 13th, 2004 @ 8:30 PM EST on National Geographic
Mont Blanc is one of the highest mountains in Europe, with a seven-mile long tunnel connecting France and Italy through the Alps. One March day in 1999, a Belgian Truck carrying flour and margarine catches fire in the tunnel, creating a blaze which burns for 53 hours, killing 39 people. A team of investigators set out to prove what caused such a terrible fire, and why all tunnels could be merely Seconds from Disaster