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Cabin heater led to ski train fire

A 10-month investigation shows that a faulty and inappropriate heater in the driver’s cabin caused the fire that led to 155 deaths last November in a funicular train in the Kaprun tunnel, Austria. This was through overheating of hydraulic brake fluid, which dripped onto the plastic-coated floor.

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