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Thursday, May 7, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Chaos after fire rips through Rome airport terminal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDozens of flights were canceled and thousands of passengers had their travel plans wrecked Thursday after a fierce fire partially destroyed a terminal at the city’s Fiumicino airport.
The city’s main airport was closed to passengers for several hours after a blaze triggered by an electrical fault in a bar broke out in terminal three, which is used for international flights.
Three airport employees were treated for smoke inhalation but there were no serious injuries.
The fire erupted shortly after midnight and was not brought fully under control until more than five hours later, by which time the authorities had decided to cancel most of the morning’s flights and close the airport to passengers.
— AFP
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