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Fire breaks out at international terminal of Ignatyevo Airport on Russia’s border with China (VIDEO) | Fire breaks out at international terminal of Ignatyevo Airport on Russia’s border with China (VIDEO) |
(about 5 hours later) | |
A blaze has torn through an airport terminal in Russia’s Amur Region. Fortunately, no one was injured, as the terminal has not been in operation since the pandemic began. | |
Footage has emerged on social media showing thick plumes of smoke and columns of fire billowing from the burning building that used to welcome international arrivals. | Footage has emerged on social media showing thick plumes of smoke and columns of fire billowing from the burning building that used to welcome international arrivals. |
The airport is named after the village of Ignatyevo, located some 12km north-west of the region’s administrative center of Blagoveshchensk, which is home to about 225,000 people. | |
Seven fire engines and several dozen firefighters were scrambled to extinguish the blaze early on Thursday morning local time. | |
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported that nobody has been injured in the incident, because the terminal had been shut due to the coronavirus restrictions that brought international air travel to a screeching halt earlier this year. | |
“An international section, which had been out of operation during the pandemic, has caught fire. There was nobody inside,” the airport’s officials told the TASS news agency. | |
The incident has not led to any flight delays or cancellations, with the airport’s other operations believed to be unaffected by the fire. | |
It’s not yet clear what caused the blaze. In 2016, the airport was seriously damaged when a burning cigarette ignited trash, sparking a major fire. | |
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