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by KineticLensman 818 days ago
In addition to the Hazmat issue mentioned below, tunnels have a bad record when fires break out inside them. E.g. the Kaprun disaster [0] which killed 150 people, and the Gotthard Road Tunnel [1] fire, after which the use of large vehicles was constrained.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaprun_disaster

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Road_Tunnel#2001_coll...