Channel Tunnel closed after fire
2008-09-12 07:35:26 GMT2008-09-12 15:35:26 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Stranded Eurostar train passengers sit with their bags at the Paris Gare du Nord station after a truck caught fire in the Channel Tunnel and service was suspended between Britain and France September 11, 2008. Rescuers evacuated dozens of people from the Channel Tunnel after a fire on a freight shuttle injured 14 people and forced the closure of the key transport link, officials said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A lorry driver arrives in a rescue shuttle at the Eurotunnel fire station in Coquelles, northern France, to undergo a medical exam after a truck caught fire as it was being transported through the Channel Tunnel September 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
An information sign at the Paris Gare du Nord station informs Eurostar train passengers of the suspension of service between Britain and France after a truck caught fire in the Channel Tunnel on September 11, 2008. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Passengers, from the Eurostar blocked in the Channel Tunnel, walk on a crowded platform as they arrive at Gare du Nord railstation in Paris, after a fire broke out on a train in the Channel Tunnel near Calais, France. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Stranded Eurostar train passengers sit with their bags at the Paris Gare du Nord station after a truck caught fire in the Channel Tunnel and service was suspended between Britain and France September 11, 2008. Rescuers evacuated dozens of people from the Channel Tunnel after a fire on a freight shuttle injured 14 people and forced the closure of the key transport link, officials said.
