Kaprun
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Kaprun is a municipality in the Zell am See District in the province of Salzburg in Austria. Together with the neighboring city of Zell am See the town presents itself as the tourist destination and s
Kaprun aerial view
Kaprun July 1903
The Kitzsteinhorn
"Heidnische Kirche" on the Mooserboden in Kaprun.
Kaprun disaster
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On 11 November 2000, a fire triggered by a faulty fan heater broke out on a train of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria. The burning car came to a stop in a tunnel that funneled s
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…feet), and a length of 3.9 kilometres (2.4 miles), of which 3.3 kilometres (2.1 miles) was through a tunnel. On 11 November 2000, it was the site of the Kaprun disaster, in which 149 skiers lost their lives in a tunnel fire. Six more deaths occurred indirectly. Three died in the shop and restaurant because of smoke…
The Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular train waiting at the lower valley station a few weeks before the disaster. The train involved caught fire shortly after leaving the valley station and entered the tunnel where it came to a halt. The tunnel entrance is visible in the background.
Memorial at the base station of the Kitzsteinhorn with the decommissioned Gletscherbahn 2 in the background.