Small Fire Breaks Out in U.S. Airport
Xinhua | Nov. 09, 2007
A small fire broke out in an electrical closet at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, U.S., on Nov. 9, causing power cuts and some flight delays, the CNN reported.
No injuries were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished, according to the report.
Concourse C of the airport, where the fire broke out, has been shut down.
Thirty-six flights have been cancelled and 120 more were delayed.
The airport is checking its electrical system, in an attempt to find the problem.
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is located 11 km south of Atlanta, and it was ranked the world's busiest airport in 2006 in terms of both passengers and flights.