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Fire closes Eurotunnel services | Fire closes Eurotunnel services |
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Train traffic through the Channel Tunnel, which links England and France, has been suspended following a fire, officials said. | Train traffic through the Channel Tunnel, which links England and France, has been suspended following a fire, officials said. |
No-one was injured in the blaze that began at 1400 GMT in a freight train about seven miles from the French coast, Eurotunnel officials said. | |
Some 32 people - all of them said to be lorry drivers - were evacuated through a "safety tunnel". | |
French firefighters have now brought the blaze under control. | French firefighters have now brought the blaze under control. |
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. | |
A Eurotunnel spokeswoman was unable to say when services through the tunnel would resume. | A Eurotunnel spokeswoman was unable to say when services through the tunnel would resume. |