KABUL – The dying toll from a fireplace in Afghanistan’s landmark alpine Salang tunnel rose to 31, a well being ministry spokesman stated on Monday.
Thirty-seven folks had been additionally injured within the accident in Salang Tunnel, positioned about 90 km (56 miles) north of Kabul, based on Sharafat Zaman, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Well being.
A fireplace, which the Ministry of Public Works stated was brought on by a gas truck overturning, had torn by the tunnel on Saturday night. The dying toll was initially put at 12 after the fireplace was extinguished on Sunday, although officers had warned it may rise.
The tunnel remained closed to site visitors on Monday and a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works stated they'd attempt to open it on Tuesday.
The two.6 km (1.6 mile) lengthy Soviet-built tunnel is a historic engineering feat that hyperlinks Kabul and Afghanistan’s north, connecting the Indian subcontinent to Central Asia by a treacherous mountain move at 3,400 metres (11,000 ft).
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