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Eurostar : près de 600 passagers bloqués 8 heures sans électricité

Les trains Eurostar circulant entre le Royaume-Uni, la France et la Belgique ont enregistré plusieurs heures de retard dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi matin en raison d'un incident électrique. Près de 600 passagers circulant entre Londres et Bruxelles ont ...

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Charing Cross fire: Station closed and 100 evacuated over blaze on train

Charing Cross station was closed and at least 100 people evacuated after a fire broke out on a train this morning, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.

Four fire engines were called to the scene of the blaze, involving the front carriage of a train at platform six, at 10.52am this morning.

Passengers described fleeing in fear and there were initial reports of a "bomb ripping through the train", though British Transport Police have now said they believe the fire was caused by an electrical fault.

A spokesperson for the LFB said the fire had caused damage to the rails and a hotel within the station, as well as to the carriage itself, but that the blaze had since been brought under control.

The train was almost ready to depart for Tunbridge Wells in Kent when the fire started, and witnesses on board said "no-one really knew what was going on".

Eileen Harris, 60, said "Suddenly the doors burst open and a woman ran through shouting there's a bomb on the train, everybody get off.

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