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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:42 AM
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Tunnel fire under English channel, nobody hurt
Edited on Thu Sep-11-08 10:58 AM by Prag
Source: Wire Services

"Undersea traffic suspended and firefighters examining site, officials say"

MSNBC News Services
updated 4 minutes ago

PARIS - A fire had broken out in the tunnel under the English Channel, causing undersea traffic to be suspended, officials said Thursday. All passengers have been evacuated safely.

Eurotunnel, the company that operates the tunnel, said firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. An official with Eurotunnel's press service said the fire broke out 7 miles from the French side.

The official said 32 people were aboard a shuttle train transporting trucks when the fire broke out, and all were evacuated safely.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26659237/


Edit: To update information.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:42 AM
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1. That would be an unbelievable amount of suck
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:43 AM
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4. Let's hope the backup tunnel system is doing it's job
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:59 AM
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11. Suck?
We are already living in an unbelievable amount of suck in the run up to election day.
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EarlG ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:43 AM
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2. It's a fire
Nobody hurt. Was on CNN just now.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:54 AM
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8. It's good news no-one was hurt...
Edited on Thu Sep-11-08 11:06 AM by Prag
and let's hope it stays that way.

:crossingfingers:
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:43 AM
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3. BBC Reports a Fire
Traffic is suspended.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:45 AM
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5. Time to edit that headline. (nt)
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:47 AM
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6. We must be on red alert for incidents on this day?
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:50 AM
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7. I certainly hope so
The date is historically significant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 11:10 AM
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13. Quite apart from
Chile 9/11/73.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:56 AM
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9. Here's more info
A fire broke out on a freight train Thursday as it traveled in the tunnel under the English Channel, Eurotunnel officials said.

No passenger trains were going through the tunnel at the time of the fire, they said. It is unclear if the fire has been contained.

People inside the Chunnel were evacuated through a service tunnel that runs between the two train-carrying tunnels, the officials said.

The Associated Press reported 32 people were aboard a shuttle train transporting trucks where the fire broke out on the London-Paris service. Were you on the train? Send photos, videos

The freight train was going from France to the British side when the fire broke out on the French side of the tunnel. Eurostar owns the 50-kilometer (30-mile) tunnel.

The Channel Tunnel system has two tunnels running trains.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/11/tunnel.fire/index.html
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 10:56 AM
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10. Delete - dupe
Edited on Thu Sep-11-08 10:57 AM by gateley
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 11:08 AM
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12. Was the freight train
Edited on Thu Sep-11-08 11:09 AM by edwardlindy
NOT the passenger train.

edit - didn't see your note above. :hi:
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 11:19 AM
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14. BBC radio just some some people are being treated for smoke inhalation
Edited on Thu Sep-11-08 11:21 AM by muriel_volestrangler
12, according to Sky News:

Twelve people have been taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

All train traffic has been halted through the 31-mile long Tunnel.

The French government said the blaze started when a truck carrying chemicals caught fire on the train travelling from Folkestone, Kent, to Calais.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Channel-Tunnel-Closed-Due-To-A-Fire/Article/200809215097705
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