> The report I read stated that the fire started in a lorry which had
> overheated brakes but this seems almost impossible to me.
>
> When you finally pull the handbrake on on one of those trains, you will
> have been travelling at very low speed for 10-15 minutes around the
> terminal and will have been completely stationary for several minutes
> while booking on, doing immigration controls etc...
>
> Lorry brakes do catch fire, for example if you come down a mountain too
> fast. But not after the dead-flat run into Calais, 15 minutes in the
> terminal and 20 minutes into the train journey.