Nearly 1,000 travelers were evacuated from a JFK Airport terminal after a fire broke out inside an escalator Wednesday morning, FDNY and Port Authority officials said. The blaze erupted in the esc ...

What to Know An escalator fire at JFK Airport led to a smoky terminal and nearly 1,000 passengers being evacuated early Wednesday morning, officials said. The FDNY said it responded to a report of ...

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By 9am more than 90 flights at JFK were delayed, according to flight tracker FlightAware. Around 960 individuals were evacuated from the area and relocated to another part of the terminal.

JFK airport passengers were evacuated today when thick black smoke filled the terminal. The blaze reportedly broke out on an escalator in Terminal 8 of the John F. Kennedy International Airport in ...

Several people were injured at JFK Airport after a fire started ... The Port Authority said nearly 1,000 passengers were evacuated from the terminal and bused to other parts of the airport ...

Kennedy International Airport early Wednesday, resulting in hundreds of people being evacuated and dozens ... a fire involving an escalator at JFK’s Terminal 8 was reported at around 7 a.m ...

A terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated Wednesday because of an escalator fire, officials said. The fire at JFK’s Terminal 8 was reported at around ...

Smoke from an escalator fire inside a Kennedy Airport terminal early Wednesday forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people, including nine later treated for minor injuries, the FDNY said.

Terminal at New York's JFK Airport Briefly Evacuated Because of Escalator Fire NEW YORK (AP) — A terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated because an escalator was on fire. The Fire Department of New York says the fire at JFK’s ...