A spot of trouble at the eurotunnel.

• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  26 January 2014     14:14258983
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  19 people had to be taken to hospital in the early hours of sunday morning.
  
  full story here.
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone_express/news/nineteen-channel-tunnel-workers-have-11865/
• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 January 2014     17:42258997
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  There has been times when I have been welding in tunnels or under ground I have come over unwell always two of us so it is stop and getout even on the ships, most times we would have our Gas meters with us they would sound and out we would go.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 January 2014     20:43259012
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  i thought the statement from the press officer rather glib, no mention of the man in a serious condition.
• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 January 2014     20:45259015
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  Lets hope he will be alright .Why did they not carry gas meters? we never went unground ,first testing the air before we went in and once in working we would hang it where we was working just incase,
• Guest 715

  • Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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  27 January 2014     11:27259043
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  Twitter saying 13 more workers taken to Hospital last night from Eurotunnel,info from Kent 999 twitter site.
  Audere est facere.