Dutch Schiphol International Airport: explosion and fire

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The Associated Press

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (April 8, 2001 12:28 p.m. EDT) - Dutch television reported thousands of people were evacuated from Schiphol international airport Sunday after an explosion and large fire in the passenger terminal.

There was no immediate word on casualties, but ambulances were screaming into the airport, one of Europe's busiest, the report said. >

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), April 08, 2001

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yahoo

Sunday April 8 12:57 PM ET Fire Forces Thousands to Flee Amsterdam Airport

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A fire forced the evacuation of thousands of passengers from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Sunday, witnesses said.

They said thick black smoke was seen billowing from the roof of the airport's new wing in the afternoon, but added that the blaze appeared to have been extinguished.

Ambulances were sent to the airport, Europe's fourth busiest, but it was not immediately known if anyone was injured.

It was second fire at the airport this year. In January Schiphol was closed for several hours after a blast in a toilet in the arrivals hall and a separate fire.

Police ruled out explosives in the blast, saying it had probably been caused by a gas leak.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), April 08, 2001.


Canoe

Dutch television reports explosion

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Thousands of people were evacuated from Schiphol international airport Sunday after an explosion and large fire in the passenger terminal, Dutch television reported.

There was no immediate word on casualties, but ambulances were screaming into the airport, one of Europe's busiest, the report said.

The explosion apparently occurred in a restaurant in the airport's main shopping plaza, and the resulting fire spread to other shops, the report said. A television reporter said he saw smoke and flames in the terminal as the area erupted into pandemonium.

The shopping plaza has dozens of up-market shops. Tens of thousands of passengers pass through on a typical day.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), April 08, 2001.


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