Channel Tunnel fire
Appearance
There have been several fires in vehicles being transported through the Channel Tunnel since its opening in 1994. As of 2022[update] all were caused by lorries carried on the heavy goods vehicle shuttle trains. As the safety measures in such cases mostly work as intended, nobody has thus far died as a result of any of those fires.
- 1996 Channel Tunnel fire, which burned for over seven hours on 18 November 1996.
- 2006 Channel Tunnel fire, which closed the tunnel for a short period on 21 August 2006.
- 2008 Channel Tunnel fire, which burned for sixteen hours on 11 September 2008.
- 2012 Channel Tunnel fire, which closed the tunnel for a short period on 29 November 2012.
- 2015 Channel Tunnel fire, which burned the midsection of Running Tunnel North on 17 January 2015.