Van driver saves 32 people from tunnel fire

GUDVANGEN, NORWAY — A dangerous fire broke out inside a seven-mile-long tunnel in Norway.

The fire started in a Swedish tour bus carrying 32 people.

Emergency personnel responded to both sides of the tunnel, but the fire quickly spread to four other vehicles.

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Fortunately, a man in a van was able to save the 32 people on the bus by packing them inside his van and driving them out of the tunnel.

It took firefighters two hours to put the fire out.

Five people were taken to the hospital.

This is the second fire in the tunnel in two years.

WPXI