On this day, 29 years ago, on November 18, 1996 (October 8, 1996 in the lunar calendar), a fire broke out in the Anglo-French Channel Tunnel. On the evening of November 18, 1996, a fire broke out in the Channel Tunnel connecting France and Britain, forcing the high-speed train between Paris and London to be temporarily interrupted. Ponsol, chairman of the French side of Eurotunnel, said on the same day that the Channel Tunnel is expected to partially resume bypass operations starting on the 20th, but it will take at least three weeks to resume normal operations. This was the first serious disaster since the Eurotunnel opened in the summer of 1994. It was a nightmare and a wake-up call for the debt-ridden French-British joint venture. According to Bertrand, director of the Calais section of the tunnel in France, at around 22 p.m. on the 18th, a high-speed train carrying 29 heavy trucks was on the way 19 kilometers towards the tunnel in the UK when a car in the tail carriage suddenly caught fire. It quickly spread to other vehicles and reached the rear locomotive. The high-speed train has two heads, one in front and the other in front. Due to the fierce fire, the power supply was cut off and the train stopped. After a night of emergency rescue, the fire was put out at 7 a.m. the next day. Six trucks were burned and 11 trucks and locomotives were burned. 20 minutes after the fire broke out, more than a hundred firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. Rescue personnel quickly evacuated 3 crew members and 31 passengers. Due to poor ventilation conditions, 8 of them were poisoned to varying degrees and were sent to hospital for treatment, but their lives were not in danger. This fire is undoubtedly a blow to Eurotunnel. Losses to railways, power equipment, vehicles, etc. are yet to be evaluated. The disruption not only affects revenue, but also affects the voting market related to the tunnel company. It also damages the image of the Channel Tunnel, and passengers have questioned their sense of safety.