Channel Tunnel services to resume after 22-hour fire

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Train service through the Channel Tunnel between England and France is set to resume Saturday morning after authorities extinguished a fire that burned for nearly 22 hours, officials said. At about 9:10 p.m., Eurotunnel sent two test trains, one freight and one passenger, through the tunnel, Eurotunnel spokeswoman Charlotte Brooks said.

The tests were successful, she said. Eurotunnel officials are planning to begin sending trucks through on shuttle trains immediately, she said. The blaze broke out about 7 miles (11 kilometers) from the French end of the tunnel on a shuttle train carrying trucks through one passage of the tunnel, which actually consists of three passages under the English Channel -- two for traffic and a service tunnel.

The 32 people on board the shuttle were evacuated into the service tunnel, Eurotunnel said. Three other trains using the tunnel at the time were redirected back to England.

Six people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, said Remi Caron, prefect of the Calais region, on the French side of the tunnel. Their injuries were considered light, he said