The Channel Tunnel is finally to have a sprinkler system fitted after the third fire in 12 years forced Eurotunnel to admit that it had underestimated the risk of disaster deep under the sea bed.
Burning trains will stop at “extinguishing stations” that will be built at intervals along the 31-mile (50km) twin tunnels. Heat detectors will locate the fire and high-pressure jets of water or foam will be aimed automatically at the source as soon as the last passenger has escaped into the service tunnel.
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