The fire caused 14 people to be slightly poisoned or injured, and the tunnel traffic was completely interrupted. This situation will last until the next morning, when a large number of passengers are stranded at stations in France and Britain. In addition, two Eurostar trains returned to the starting station after the fire, and other trains were cancelled. After the passenger service was resumed on September 13, 2008, the passenger trains could only run on the tracks that were not affected by the fire in the tunnel, so the number of Eurostar trains decreased, and the number of running trains was about 60% of the usual number, while the freight service was completely resumed in the early morning of September 13.
The fire broke out 5 kilometers away from the French exit of the tunnel. One truck caught fire because the braking system was overheated, and then it spread to two other trucks. The accident * * * caused 6 people to be slightly poisoned and 8 people to be slightly injured.
There were two fires in the English Channel Cross-Harbour Tunnel in 1996 and 2006 respectively, and the fire in 1996 caused traffic disruption 1 month.
The English Channel Cross-Harbour Tunnel crosses the narrowest part of the English Channel, starting from Folkstone near Dover, a port city in the southeast of England, and ending at Calais, a port city in the north of France, with a total length of 50.5 kilometers, of which the submarine part is 37 kilometers long. It was officially opened to traffic in May. 1994. The whole tunnel consists of two train tunnels with a diameter of 7.6 meters and a service tunnel with a diameter of 4.8 meters. The distance between the two train tunnels is 30 meters, and the service tunnel is horizontally located between them. There is a transverse passage every 375 meters between the train tunnel and the service tunnel, which is used for tunnel maintenance and emergency evacuation of passengers in case of accidents. On the evening of July 27th, 20 15, about 2,000 immigrants tried to enter the operation area of Eurotunnel Company in Calais, France, and tried to cross the Anglo-French Cross-Harbour Tunnel to Britain. At present, a man was killed for illegally crossing.
A spokesperson for Eurotunnel said that some immigrants were found entering the tunnel operation area at midnight on the 27th and at 6am on the 28th. To this end, the local police and nearly 200 security personnel were urgently called to stop this behavior. Many people were injured in this illegal crossing. A company spokesman said, "This is the largest invasion in the past month and a half." At present, this incident has caused serious delays in the services of Eurotunnel. British passengers were delayed for about an hour, while French passengers were delayed for half an hour. The Independent newspaper said that on Tuesday morning local time, a Sudanese male immigrant aged between 25 and 30 was killed by a truck while trying to enter the British-French Cross-Harbour Tunnel. Police said that on Monday night and Tuesday morning, migrants in groups of 50 people crossed the security fence.
In fact, European tunnel companies are faced with the problem of dealing with immigrants trying to sneak into Britain every day, and sometimes this crossing will bring fatal injuries. To this end, the company asked the British and French governments to provide subsidies. French Interior Minister Bernard held talks with British Home Secretary Theresa May on immigration in London on Tuesday. After the meeting, theresa may announced that Britain had decided to provide an additional 7 million pounds to strengthen the extra security at the railway terminal of the British-French Cross-Harbour Tunnel.