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| All services through the Channel tunnel were halted on Thursday afternoon after an incident involving a Eurotunnel shuttle train. | All services through the Channel tunnel were halted on Thursday afternoon after an incident involving a Eurotunnel shuttle train. |
| Dozens of truckers were taken to safety after fire broke out on a lorry on a shuttle train in the tunnel. | Dozens of truckers were taken to safety after fire broke out on a lorry on a shuttle train in the tunnel. |
| The incident, which closed the tunnel to all trains from around 1.30pm UK time, happened as the shuttle train was about to emerge at the French end of the 30-mile long tunnel. The fire triggered a smoke alarm, the train was driven out of the tunnel to emergency sidings and the 36 lorry drivers on board were evacuated to a place of safety. | The incident, which closed the tunnel to all trains from around 1.30pm UK time, happened as the shuttle train was about to emerge at the French end of the 30-mile long tunnel. The fire triggered a smoke alarm, the train was driven out of the tunnel to emergency sidings and the 36 lorry drivers on board were evacuated to a place of safety. |
| French fire crews put the fire out and no-one was hurt. | French fire crews put the fire out and no-one was hurt. |
| Smoke in a section of tunnel was being dealt with by the tunnel's ventilation system. | Smoke in a section of tunnel was being dealt with by the tunnel's ventilation system. |
| Eurotunnel said on its website that a "technical fault" meant a temporary suspension of its Folkestone-Calais shuttles. Eurostar train services between London and Paris and Brussels were also unable to pass through the tunnel, with no through-freight trains running either. | Eurotunnel said on its website that a "technical fault" meant a temporary suspension of its Folkestone-Calais shuttles. Eurostar train services between London and Paris and Brussels were also unable to pass through the tunnel, with no through-freight trains running either. |
| A statement on the Eurotunnel website later in the afternoon said the incident had been resolved but warned that people using the passenger service faced a wait of approximately two hours. | A statement on the Eurotunnel website later in the afternoon said the incident had been resolved but warned that people using the passenger service faced a wait of approximately two hours. |
| Earlier a Eurotunnel spokesman had said: "Our procedures worked perfectly. The fire was about 400 metres behind where the lorry drivers were on the train and all of them are all right. There is some smoke in the tunnel and we are using the tunnel's ventilation system to get rid of that before starting services again." | Earlier a Eurotunnel spokesman had said: "Our procedures worked perfectly. The fire was about 400 metres behind where the lorry drivers were on the train and all of them are all right. There is some smoke in the tunnel and we are using the tunnel's ventilation system to get rid of that before starting services again." |
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