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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 11km (7 miles) from the French coast, the operator Eurotunnel said. | |
| Some 32 people - all of them said to be lorry drivers - were evacuated through a service 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. | The cause of the fire was not immediately known. |
| The French train company SNCF said services would not resume until Friday. | |
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