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Smoke Reported Aboard United Express Flight At Bush Airport, Prompting Emergency Evacuation
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 24, 8:21 AM CDT
updated Oct 27, 7:40 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by KPRC 2 (NBC), KHOU and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A restaurant fire at Houston's Bush Airport sent a large plume of smoke into the sky and prompted a partial evacuation, KRIV and KPRC 2 (NBC) reported. A flight set to depart from Bush Airport was also evacuated after smoke was detected in the cabin, according to KTRK-TV and KHOU.
Written by our system from the sources below (4), version 4, Oct 27, 8:19 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Fire prompts partial evacuation at Bush Airport · KPRC 2 (NBC)
- Restaurant fire at Houston's Bush Airport sends large plume of smoke into sky · KRIV
- Flight set to depart from Houston evacuated after smoke detected in cabin, airline says · KTRK-TV
- Flight about to take off from Bush Airport evacuated after smoke detected in cabin · KHOU
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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