Channel Tunnel fire may refer to one of three fires which have occurred in the Channel Tunnel since its opening in 1994. All were caused by lorries carried on the heavy goods vehicle trains.
- Channel Tunnel: Fires, fires on 21 August 2006 and 29 November 2012 that closed for the tunnel for short periods.
- 1996 Channel Tunnel fire, a fire which burned for over seven hours on 18 November 1996.
- 2008 Channel Tunnel fire, a fire which burned for sixteen hours on 11 September 2008.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Administration in the State of Arizona, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)