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Old 12th September 2008, 12:53
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Is it the best policy to stop the train in the tunnel ? - It was seven miles to the exit which is about 5 minutes traveling time. It means traveling into the tunnel futher and to tackle it and thus harder to fight the fire plus all the amount of damage it causes to the tunnel. The enclosed carriages should be stronger enough to last that time before the train emerges from the tunnel.
And maybe be a go idea to have special water spray booths at each end of the tunnel for trains to stop in to fire fight blazing trucks instead of waiting for fire services to arrive.
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