Rescue workers outside a tunnel near Gudvangen, in Norway, after a truck caught fire inside the tunnel yesterday.
OSLO: More than 50 people were sent to hospital after a lorry caught fire in a tunnel in western Norway yesterday, police said.
The 11.4km Gudvanga tunnel, Norway’s second longest, carries traffic close to the Naeroey fjord, considered one of its most beautiful and a draw for tourists from around the world during the summer season.
“Fifty-five people have been taken to hospital for checks. That’s every single person that’s been evacuated,” police spokesman Joern Lasse Refsnes said. The cause of the fire was as yet unknown, he added.
Reuters
