Eurostar train service to remain shut Friday after fire

September 12, 2008

Tens of thousands of travellers remained stranded on both sides of the Channel on Friday, after a fire broke out in the Channel Tunnel the day before. The fire, which caught on a freight shuttle on Thursday afternoon, only caused truck drivers minor injuries, but has left people in both Gare du Nord in Paris, and St Pancras in London, in complete mayhem. French rail operator SNCF said the traffic 'could' resume on Saturday.