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November 22, 2002



Blaze Traps 19 in Paris Tunnel Fire

A blaze erupted in a tunnel near Paris, trapping 19 workers and seriously injuring one fireman, firefighters said on Wednesday.

The fire began about a mile (about 1.5 km) from the entrance of a motorway tunnel under construction west of Paris late on Tuesday.

"The 19 workers are safe. Firefighters are with them inside the tunnel and we are evacuating them gradually," a fire spokesman said.

"There was a lot of smoke and it seems as though it was a large fire," he said.

The fire appeared to have started when the motor of a train carrying building materials into the tunnel on the A86 motorway in the Hauts-de-Seine region near Versailles exploded, he said.

Two firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation. One was in a serious condition and the other lightly injured.

(China Daily March 6, 2002)

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