A lorry carrying margarine and flour <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc_tunnel_fire" id="mwAdE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mont Blanc tunnel fire">catches fire</a> inside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel" id="mwAdI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mont Blanc Tunnel">Mont Blanc Tunnel</a>, creating an inferno that kills 38 people.<sup about="#mwt392" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-79"}}' id="cite_ref-79" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-79" id="mwAdM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 79;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAdQ">[79]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-79"><cite about="#mwt389" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFGuardian_Staff1999">Guardian Staff (1999-03-27). <a class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/27/6" id="mwDPo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"35 die, 1 Briton missing in Mont Blanc tunnel fire"</a>. <i id="mwDPs">The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwDPw">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwDP0">2021-12-07</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt389" class="Z3988" id="mwDP4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=35+die%2C+1+Briton+missing+in+Mont+Blanc+tunnel+fire&amp;rft.date=1999-03-27&amp;rft.au=Guardian+Staff&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F1999%2Fmar%2F27%2F6&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+24"></span></span>