GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: In the Austrian Alps, a cable drawn train caught fire today in a tunnel, 170 people are presumed dead. Rescuers are still on the scene, a ski resort area about 60 miles south of Salzburg. CNN's Rym Brahimi has our report.</s>RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a massive rescue operation, with some 13 helicopters used to get to the scene high in the Austrian Alps. It is still not clear what caused the deadly fire on a train transporting as many as 180 skiers to an Austrian glacier resort. Just how many of those trapped passengers survived is not clear. But one official said most of them were dead.</s>GOV. FRANZ SCHLAUSBERGER, ZALZBURG PROVINCE (through translator): Many of them, probably young people who might have decided only this morning to enjoy the day and do some winter sports, some skiing maybe, or some snow boarding.</s>BRAHIMI: The blaze erupted at around 9:00 in the morning, local time. Red Cross workers and doctors were rushed to the scene, while helicopters also came in from neighboring Germany carrying special equipment. Reports say the blaze occurred when the train was around 600 meters, or about 1/3 of a mile inside the tunnel, which is located about an hour's drive south of Vienna. Rym Brahimi, CNN.
170 Persumed Dead in Austrian Train Fire