London City Airport evacuated in 'chemical' scare - BBC

[TomSea]

London City Airport evacuated in 'chemical' scare

    13 minutes ago

London City Airport has been evacuated in a suspected chemical incident which has left people needing treatment for breathing difficulties.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) said about 500 people were forced to leave the east London airport after some passengers felt unwell.

Ambulance staff treated 26 patients on the site and the LFB sent appliances used to deal with chemical incidents.

In a tweet, London Ambulance Service said two people had been hospitalised.

A spokesman for the airport said the evacuation took place at about 16:00 BST after a fire alarm was set off.

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[txradioguy]

For those that are unfamiliar with this particular airport…it's a fairly new one that's located almost smack downtown on sort of an island on the Thames.