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== Major accidents == * [[Clayton Tunnel rail crash]] (1861) β confusion about block signals leading to collision, 23 killed. * [[Welwyn Tunnel rail crash]] (1866) β train failed in tunnel, guard did not protect train. * [[Paris MΓ©tro train fire]] (1904) β train fire in Couronnes underground station, 84 killed by smoke and gases. * [[Church Hill Tunnel|Church Hill Tunnel collapse]] (1925) β tunnel collapse on a work train during renovation, killing four men and trapping a steam locomotive and ten flat cars. * [[Balvano train disaster]] (1944) β asphyxiation of about 500 "unofficial" passengers on freight train. * [[Caldecott Tunnel fire]] (1982) β major motor vehicle tunnel crash and fire. * [[1996 Channel Tunnel fire|Channel Tunnel fire]] (1996) β Train carrying [[Large goods vehicle|Heavy Good Vehicles (HGV)]] caught on fire. * [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana's death]] (1997) β Car crash in [[Pont de l'Alma]] tunnel, [[Paris]], which killed [[Princess Diana]]. * [[Mont Blanc tunnel fire|Mont Blanc Tunnel fire]] (1999) β Transport truck caught on fire and combusted inside tunnel. * [[Big Dig ceiling collapse|Big Dig Ceiling collapse]] (2006) β Concrete ceiling panel falls in [[Fort Point Tunnel|Fort Point]] tunnel, [[Boston]], which causes the [[Big Dig|Big Dig project]] to be closed for a year.
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