Euroshuttle - another vehicle fire.

[Peter Mugridge]

At least this time it didn't stop inside the tunnel.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20545637

Train fire halts Eurostar traffic in Channel Tunnel

Train services are being resumed in the Channel Tunnel after a freight train fire on the French side caused traffic to be suspended, the operator says.

All train services in the north tunnel were suspended as French firefighters dealt with the incident, according to Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe.

The freight train was immediately diverted to an emergency siding.

Nobody was hurt and everybody on the train was safely evacuated, the spokesman added.

Eurostar passenger train services and freight traffic between London and Paris and Brussels were affected by the suspension.

The freight train affected was a HGV shuttle heading from Folkestone in England to Coquelles in France, Mr Keefe said

'Car ablaze'

It appears that a car transporter caught fire on the rear part of a freight train, a source at Eurotunnel said, on condition of anonymity.

Paul Cunningham, Europe correspondent for the Irish public broadcaster RTE, witnessed the fire from a London-bound Eurostar passenger train waiting to enter the tunnel at the French end.


In dramatic updates on Twitter, he described how the two trains passed each other....

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[richw]

Car transporter heading to England according to BBC. My monies on Renault, seen 4 nearly new Renaults ignite in the last few weeks.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I think the Folkestone to Coquelles is the correct version because the picture clearly depicts a cloud of black smoke from the loop siding and the witness described the burning train as passing close to their London bound Eurostar; that seems to imply the train was emerging from the French portal.

 

[brianthegiant]

It always seems like there are a disproportionate number of vehicles catching fire on Le Shuttle, but I suppose its the nature of the Channel Tunnel that they get media attention, where similar fires on roads might only get a few lines in the local rag if any.

 

[starrymarkb]

It always seems like there are a disproportionate number of vehicles catching fire on Le Shuttle, but I suppose its the nature of the Channel Tunnel that they get media attention, where similar fires on roads might only get a few lines in the local rag if any.

Or indeed those on a ferry...