Channel Tunnel set to reopen after ‘smoldering load’ closure
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – The Channel Tunnel operator said services could restart later on Saturday after it evacuated a shuttle train and closed the undersea crossing earlier in the day due to smoke from a truck. Eurotunnel said that the incident, which shut the tunnel for several hours, had not caused significant damage. Smoke detectors were set off by a "smoldering load" in the trailer of a truck, it said, clarifying an earlier statement in which it had said the source of the smoke was unknown. "The smoldering has now been dealt with by the fire and rescue services, and we are now working to remove that shuttle and to get services restarted again in the other tunnel this evening," a spokesman for Eurotunnel told Reuters.
