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The fire is out and trains were running again, an now a Eurostar train has stalled in the Channel Tunnel.
A passenger train from London to Paris was halted briefly in the undersea Channel Tunnel linking England and France because of a technical problem with the train, operator Eurostar said today.
"The train that had stopped in the Channel Tunnel has now moved. It's now out of the tunnel. It had a technical problem," a Eurostar spokesman said.
The train was the 6:55 a.m. (0555 GMT) service from London. It was not immediately clear whether it would proceed as normal to Paris, the spokesman said.
"It may well stop for more investigation," he said.
No one was hurt in the stoppage.
A Eurostar spokesman said there had been a technical fault with the pantograph - the device which draws power from the overhead lines.
The train was able to travel to Calais Frethun, where it was being inspected.
The spokesman said the incident was likely to lead to delays of up to two hours to services, which have only just returned to 50% of normal levels following the fire at the French end of the tunnel on 11 September.
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