"Fire forces evacuation of Paris airport terminal"

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Paris airport terminal evacuated by fire
The Associated Press


PARIS -- A fire erupted Tuesday in a baggage area where work was under way
at Charles de Gaulle airport, forcing the evacuation of several hundred
people but causing no injuries, airport officials said.

A section of Terminal 1 was evacuated as a precaution, said a statement by
Aeroports de Paris, or ADP, which runs the airports serving the French
capital.

Seven flights set to take off at Terminal 1 were transferred to another
terminal, an ADP statement said. However, within two hours, the terminal was
fully reopened, according to the statement.

The fire broke out at 8:03 a.m. in the section housing the baggage in an
area of Terminal 1 where work was under way, ADP officials said.

Some 50 firefighters with about 10 vehicles brought the blaze under control
an hour later, rescue officials and ADP said.

In May, a section of a roof on a futuristic new terminal at Charles de
Gaulle collapsed, killing four people.

Charles de Gaulle, north of Paris, is the main airport serving the Paris
region.


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