Fire in Channel Tunnel - Closed!

qwerty · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:12

Any news on when it reopens? I need to use it shortly!

Housey · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:13

Hang on, there's a tunnel?

Sonea Fifer · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:19

Housey said:
Hang on, there's a tunnel?

Hush - dont tell the Germans

On topic, hope no one was hurt?

Edward01 · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:26

Sonea Fifer said:
Hush - dont tell the Germans

LOL

uknowist said:
Thing is a lot of people around the world visit the BBC news website, and probably a lot of people who are not british or french don't know that the Eurotunnel is the tunnel that links england with France

I see your point but by the same token i've never been to the Suez Canal but I know were it is and what it links!

daveydave · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:30

[DOD]Asprilla;12482693 said:
A highly paid middle aged Project Manager I worked with until a few weeks ago thought Ipswich was in Norfolk and Sheffield was in Lancashire.

For some people geography isn't a priority.

True, also the website is a worldwide broadcast medium. I'm sure if they mentioned some obscure tunnel in south america, you'd appreciate the report stipulating to where this tunnel began and emerged.

Dj_Jestar · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:42

Edward01 said:
LOL

I see your point but by the same token i've never been to the Suez Canal but I know were it is and what it links!

Suez canal is a bit more famous than the chunnel..

something_totally_different · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:55

Jonny69 said:
BBC News 24 is blaming a lorry falling over

it got tired.

LoadsaMoney · 11 Sep 2008 at 18:45

Dj_Jestar said:
It's under control.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7610919.stm

No its not, its under the sea.

Boom Boom

milkinc13 · 11 Sep 2008 at 19:35

at least it doesn't seam to be as bad as the last fire. hopfully will reopen soon, shame i'm not going to france any time soon

Jez · 11 Sep 2008 at 19:53

Azagoth said:
Love how the BBC feels the need to post...

...because I for one always thought it linked England and Germany.

Look at it another way given that its an international website, if they said that some random tunnel in japan or india or wherever has caught fire, we wouldn't have a clue.

gillywibble · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:37

Azagoth said:
Love how the BBC feels the need to post...

...because I for one always thought it linked England and Germany.

It does

PhillyDee · 11 Sep 2008 at 23:58

Jez said:
Look at it another way given that its an international website, if they said that some random tunnel in japan or india or wherever has caught fire, we wouldn't have a clue.

Of course we would, its either in japan or india . . . . .

Tefal · 12 Sep 2008 at 00:01

I didn't know people still called it carbolic acid

Subby · 12 Sep 2008 at 09:30

Closed until after the weekend I heard.