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Calais fires could disrupt Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel says Calais fires disrupt Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel says
(about 1 hour later)
Eurotunnel has warned of "significant disruption" to services if burning tyres on the motorway in Calais are not removed by French police. Eurotunnel has warned of continuing delays at its French terminal after a burning tyre protest blocked the motorway in Calais.
Ferry workers had set fire to tyres on the road leading to the port to try and block the entrance to the Eurotunnel terminal, the company said.Ferry workers had set fire to tyres on the road leading to the port to try and block the entrance to the Eurotunnel terminal, the company said.
Traffic from Folkestone on the cross-Channel rail service is not being affected, Eurotunnel said.Traffic from Folkestone on the cross-Channel rail service is not being affected, Eurotunnel said.
Day return passengers have been advised to reschedule their journeys.Day return passengers have been advised to reschedule their journeys.
French police told the BBC protesters would end their blockade at 12:00 BST. The protesters ended their blockade of the terminal at about 12:00 BST.
Eurotunnel tweeted: "The protesters have now left the motorway, but A16 from Calais remains closed as the authorities work to remove the [blockage]." Eurotunnel tweeted: "Access to our Terminal remains blocked from Calais & heavily congested from Boulogne."
Passengers are experiencing delays, a spokesman for the company said. The company said protesters had left the motorway, but A16 from Calais remains closed as the authorities work to repair the damage caused by the fires on the carriageway.
Eurotunnel has advised those unable to access the Coquelles Eurotunnel terminal from the Calais direction to use a diversion which has been put in place from the Boulogne direction. Passengers are experiencing delays, Eurotunnel said.
"Customers arriving late to check-in at Calais will be accommodated with space on the next available departure," the company tweeted.
Eurotunnel has advised those unable to access the Coquelles Eurotunnel terminal from Calais to use a diversion put in place from the Boulogne direction.
Motorist Michael Shevlin told the BBC: "We got to within about 800 metres of the blockade and we saw like a big plume of black smoke against the blue sky and there seems to be about 50 to 60 protestors with white sheets."
Striking ferry workers have been protesting in Calais over job losses after Eurotunnel's sale of its MyFerryLink cross-channel service.