The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 24th of March, 1999, a transport truck caught fire while travelling from France to Italy through the Mont Blanc Tunnel." Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! LINKS: 🔗 ► My other channel:    / @fascinatinghistoric   ► Support this channel:   / fascinatinghorror   |    / @fascinatinghorror   ► Follow me:   / truehorrortales   |   / fascinatinghorror   |   / horrorfascinating   ► Get in touch: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:35 - Background ► 03:38 - The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire ► 09:07 - The Aftermath MUSIC: 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: 📑 ► "A Deadly Blaze in the Alps Made a Biker a Hero and Tunnels Safer for All" by Mark Gardiner, published by The New York Times, March 2019. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/bu.... ► "35 die, 1 Briton missing in Mont Blanc tunnel fire" published by The Guardian, March 1999. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/199.... ► "1999 Alpine Tunnel Fire Killed 39" by Morris Burch, published by IRC Risk and Safety, June 2009. Available via: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs.... ► "Guilty Verdicts in Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire Trial" by DW Staff, published by dw.com, July 2005. Link: https://www.dw.com/en/guilty-verdicts.... ► "I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true" by Mark Gardiner, published by Columbia Journalism Review, March 2019. Link: https://www.cjr.org/first_person/tina.... ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​