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Accident investigators are focusing on the possibility that a fault may have caused the fire before the train entered the tunnel. Police have found an oily substance, similar in consitancy to lubricants that appeared to have dripped from the car on the ramp leading into the tunnel. Accounts from eyewitnesses have have caused investigators to suspect that the fire had started before the car entered the tunnel. The death toll is now believed to be 155 making it the worst peace-time tragedy in Austria. Major Franz Lang, who is leading the investigation into the disaster, told a news conference he was "99% certain" that the final death toll was 155.
Funimag Photographs of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun, Austria Look at Train Accident Site
Italy: 4 Die in 'Football Special' fire 24 May 2000
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