No more bodies in Swiss tunnel

Published: 8:21AM Saturday October 27, 2001

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Rescuers have found no more bodies after searching the site of a blaze in a Swiss Alpine tunnel in which at least 11 people died.

Swiss police say the search of the Gotthard road tunnel has dispelled fears that scores more could have been killed in the inferno.

The fire was set off by a collision involving two trucks.

Rescuers have found 23 vehicles in the 17 kilometre tunnel, the world's second longest road tunnel and a key transit route between northern Europe and Italy.

Scores of people travelling through the tunnel at the time of the blaze abandoned their vehicles and managed to escape through emergency exits into a separate service tunnel.

An investigation has begun into the accident.

Officials say the tunnel will remain closed for two to three months.

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