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Summit Tunnel fire
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Summit Tunnel fire is located in England
Summit Tunnel fire
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Date20 December 1984
LocationSummit Tunnel, Lancashire/West Yorkshire border
Coordinates53°40′30″N 2°05′18″W / 53.6751°N 2.088261°W / 53.6751; -2.088261
CountryUnited Kingdom
LineManchester and Leeds Railway
OperatorBritish Rail
Incident typeDerailment and fire
CauseDefective bearing
Statistics
Trains1
Crew3

The Summit Tunnel fire occurred on 20 December 1984, when a dangerous goods train caught fire while passing through the Summit Tunnel on the railway line between Littleborough and Todmorden on the Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire border, England.

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