Jacques Gounon, Eurotunnel's Chairman and Chief Executive, attends a news conference in the channel tunnel in Coquelles, December 10, 2008. Gounon announced on Wednesday that interval 6 could be reopened for commercial operations by mid-February 2009. A blaze on September 11, 2008, in the Channel Tunnel linking Britain to continental Europe had halted traffic and caused chaos for travellers and freight. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE)