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December 2, 2008 8:20:08 PM CST



Tunnel Fire Halts English Channel Trains

Posted Sep 11, 08 12:19 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – More than 30 people were evacuated today when a fire broke out in a truck being transported by train in the tunnel beneath the English Channel, the Times of London reports. Injuries were minor—“smoke inhalation and minor cuts and bruises,” one official said, but all trains have been halted for the day, leaving many stranded on either side of the Channel.

Sources Times (UK), Guardian (UK)

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The last train leaves Waterloo station in this Nov. 13, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A police officer and his sniffer dog check a Eurostar train in this file photo.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A fire broke out today on a train shuttling trucks under the English Channel between England and France, suspending traffic in the undersea tunnel, seen here in a file photo.   (AP Photo)
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