GERMANY: Fire breaks out at Berlin airport, flights diverted

Record ID: 817136

  • Title: GERMANY: Fire breaks out at Berlin airport, flights diverted
  • Date: 20th November 2008
  • Summary: (W2) BERLIN, GERMANY (NOVEMBER 20, 2008) (REUTERS) PAN FROM FIRE ENGINE BELONGING TO BERLIN'S TEGEL AIRPORT TO FIRE FIGHTERS OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE ON FIRE FLAMES FIRE FIGHTERS HOSING DOWN FIRE FLAMES FIRE FIGHTER WALKING ALONG SIDE OF BUILDING FLAMES AND SMOKE BILLOWING FROM WAREHOUSE FIRE FIGHTERS WALKING PAST FIRE ENGINE WIDE OF FIRE ENGINES PARKED OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE ON FIRE
  • Embargoed: 5th December 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVADPI89Z8I4YE072GXP9LBN3QMG
  • Story Text: Fire breaks out at military airport in German capital Berlin.
    A large fire broke out at the military section of Berlin's Tegel airport on Thursday (November 20), prompting authorities to divert flight traffic through the airport.
    According to a spokesman for Tegel airport, incoming flights were being diverted to Schoenefeld airport in the eastern part of the German capital because large clouds of smoke made landing difficult.
    Police said no one's life was in danger and that a large contingent of firemen were fighting it.
    The cause of the fire was not known.
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