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Thursday 24 September 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 11:26 pm

Eurostar passengers flee train

By: admindrupal

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Eurostar passengers had to flee as they disembarked a train yesterday, when a live overhead cable fell inches from them. The high voltage cable collapsed as the 5.13pm train from Paris to London came into platform nine at St Pancras International. Engineers worked on the electricity, and the fire brigade was called.

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