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Fire closes Channel tunnel
Fire closes Channel tunnel
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2008
By:
Lindsay Taylor
The Channel tunnel is evacuated after a fire breaks out on a lorry carrying chemicals.
Several people suffered smoke inhalation in the blaze which happened on a freight train seven miles from the French coast between Calais and Folkestone.
The lorry is believed to have overturned on the train.
Thirty-two lorry drivers were evacuated through a safety tunnel and train traffic through the main tunnel has been suspended while the French and British fire service carry out an investigation.
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