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Some 740 passengers had to be evacuated from a packed Eurostar train from Paris last night after the electricity failed. Passengers were plunged into darkness as they awaited rescuers with ladders shortly after the train left the chunnel and headed toward London.
"It is stiflingly hot, the loos are not working and the only light we have is from mobile phones and someone's laptop," one stranded passenger phoned the Telegraph. It's only the latest major snafu to strike the high speed train operation, and company officials have already launched an investigation.
