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Eurostar, the operator of high-speed trains through the Channel tunnel, was ordered by French President Nicholas Sarkozy to resume regular service by Tuesday 22 December after he met with Guillaume Pepy, the head of the SNCF, the French national railways operator. The French president also demanded that appropriate information be supplied to passengers, in a communique 21 December.
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A truck carrying phenol, a toxic chemical product used by the pharmaceutical industry, apparently overturned on a freight train in the Channel tunnel, starting a fire. It was quickly contained, with 14 people suffering minor injuries, including smoke inhalation, but the tunnel has been closed, leaving thousands of travellers stranded, reports the BBC.
