GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Large fuel fire breaks out at Miami International Airport

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: The Miami Herald

24March2011 5:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Miami-Dade firefighters were battling a major fire at Miami International Airport early Thursday.

Drivers could see smoke billowing from the airport as they drove on nearby State Road 836 shortly after 11 p.m. The fire started Wednesday night and raged into early Thursday morning.

The fire was at a fuel tank farm in the southeast corner of the airport, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Capt. Eric Baum said. The fire was not near runways or the terminals, he said.

An airport spokeswoman said that, as of 1 a.m., only one flight had been delayed. (read full report)

 

 

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