HOW MUCH SMOKE DOES A BURNING CAR GENERATE? Shortly after noon on Sunday a car traveling through the LaFontaine tunnel near Montreal, Quebec, caught on fire and had to stop in the right lane of the 3-lane southbound tube.
Naturally, the ventilation system went into emergency operation and effectively directed the smoke and gasses out through the ventilation shaft. Transport Quebec, the operators inexplicably closed only the center and right lanes, but kept the left lane open with a burning auto in there.
Meanwhile, topside a passerby who had a personal video camera must have thought for sure that he was witnessing a disaster-in-action and posted his video on YouTube:
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