Hundreds Evacuated from London's City Airport
October 21 2016 - 3:50PM
Dow Jones News
Hundreds of people were evacuated from London's City Airport
late afternoon Friday following a 'chemical incident.'
The airport, which serves as a hub for Canary Wharf and the
city's financial center, tweeted from its official Twitter account
around 5 p.m. local time that the terminal had been evacuated
following an alarm and that the cause was being investigated.
According to a statement on the website of the London Fire
Brigade, three fire engines and a range of specialist appliances
had been called to the airport on reports of a chemical
incident.
The LFB said around 500 members of the public and staff had been
evacuated and that there had been reports of a number of passengers
feeling unwell. It said that the Metropolitan Police and The London
Ambulance Service were also in attendance.
Write to Josie Cox at josie.cox@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 21, 2016 15:35 ET (19:35 GMT)
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