Underground transformer fire prompts evacuation of parts of Newark airport in New Jersey

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A transformer caught fire underneath a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport Friday morning, forcing officials to evacuate a smoke filled concourse wing and put the airport on backup generators. It’s not clear what sparked the blaze, but it comes on a day when weather-related issues caused power outages for more than 40,000 customers across northern New Jersey. But the airport or utility didn’t immediately comment on whether the fire was caused in part by the weather.

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A transformer fire forced Newark Liberty International Airport to clear out part of a terminal Friday morning. via Twitter

Travelers snaked around the ticketing areas of Terminal C on Friday afternoon as massive security screening delays built up following the fire that sent a column of flames spewing from the ground underneath the C1 wing about 11 a.m. A spokesman for United Airlines, the only airline that has flights out of the terminal, said the delays were primarily because screening stations were shut down for some amount of time after the fire.

The airport said in a tweet that the fire was also causing delays for arriving passengers hoping to pick up luggage just a week after a spate of mishaps caused tens of thousands of flyers to become separated from their bags at JFK Airport.

The airport said in a series of tweets that no one was injured in the blaze, and that utility company PSE&G was working to make repairs and should have full power restored by mid-afternoon. Images posted to social media showed normally open stores and restaurants shut down while the airport ran on backup power sources.

Despite the evacuation and mounting delays at security lines, air travel tracking service FlightAware reports Newark Airport has the fewest delays and cancellations of the region’s three airports as of 2 p.m. The airport told passengers to check with United Airlines for the statuses of their flights, as flights scheduled to take off from the C1 wing were rerouted to other gates.

It’s not clear what sparked the blaze, but it comes on a day when weather-related issues caused power outages for more than 40,000 customers across northern New Jersey. But the airport or utility didn’t immediately comment on whether the fire was caused in part by the weather.

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Via CBS New York

2 Comments

  1. This kind of incidence have appeared time to time since 2011 when Galactic Federation of Light have started cleaning up those secret reptilian underground bases. Fires in underground, huge smoke from underground, explosion in underground…. News always say “The reason is unknown” or “transformer is exploded.” But real truth is “THEIR” secret underground bases are attacked by Galactic Federation of Light. Commander Salusa told me with telepathy communication, “We are going to start cleaning up the reptilians’ secret underground bases” in 2011. At that time, I did not know how many, and how extensive those secret underground bases exist on the Earth. Actually, anywhere, even under your feet or house, those secret underground bases can exist. Especially commercial complex, industrial complex, government complex kinds of places have 100% secret underground bases. Any airport has also underground bases just like Denver International Airport.

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