The Mont Blanc tunnel, closed since a 1999 truck fire killed 39 people, is set to reopen for cars Saturday, but plans to also resume truck traffic through the Alpine passage sparked protests.

The Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy has reopened to cars, nearly three years after a lorry fire killed 39 people and severed the road link. A white convertible car with British licence ...

In March 1999, a routine truck journey through the Mont Blanc Tunnel turned into one of Europe’s most horrifying disasters. Dozens died trapped in smoke and fire hotter than molten steel. But behind ...

PARIS, June 25 -- Three years after a trucking accident sparked a deadly fire in the Mont Blanc road tunnel, the mountain link between France and Italy finally reopened to heavy trucks at midnight ...

CHAMONIX, France -- -- Mont Blanc, the fabled snowy dome high atop Europe, is again a backdrop to war. Though hardly Napoleonic, a conflict over truck traffic could change the way Europe moves its ...

The reopening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, closed nearly three years ago after 39 people died in a fire, needs new repairs before it has even re-opened. The date for the re-opening of Mont Blanc tunnel ...

Mont Blanc Tunnel was closed due to a flood after a pocket of water burst, causing a river to overflow. Photo: Jean-Pierre Clatot/AFP The tunnel connecting France and Italy that runs under Europe’s ...

PARIS, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- French and Italian transportation ministers announced late Friday that the Mont-Blanc tunnel would be reopened Dec. 15, two years after a fiery crash closed the tunnel and days ...