Just curious. Google turns up all types and many of them. Any idea about which have been the biggest ones in terms of loss of life?
Biggest train fires of our times
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_disasters_by_death_toll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters
Try these two links they do a good job of summarizing information regarding disasters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters
Try these two links they do a good job of summarizing information regarding disasters.
It's not exactly a train fire, but I just have to mention the fire at King's Cross underground station in London. Not only was it one of the most serious incidents of its kind. It also provided new information about fire behavior to firefighters.
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When it comes to train fires, the biggest killer is usually suffocation- when the train is in a tunnel. In 2000 155 died when their train caught fire in a sharply sloping tunnel in the Austrian Alps. Everyone got out, and those 155 started walking up the tunnel. 12 survived. They walked down (and away from the rising smoke).
Heck, you don't even always need a fire. In 1944, a train in Italy stalled in an unventilated tunnel, and over 500 people suffocated.
Heck, you don't even always need a fire. In 1944, a train in Italy stalled in an unventilated tunnel, and over 500 people suffocated.
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