Fire at Puerto Rico Airport Closes Terminal for 3 Hours

June 16, 2006
The terminal was temporarily closed to air out smoke and clean up water.

A fire at a restaurant in Puerto Rico's main airport delayed several flights by about three hours on Thursday, officials said. No one was hurt.

The fire broke out in the kitchen of the Sports Bar in Terminal B at 7:40 a.m. (1140 GMT), said Fred Sosa, manager of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport just outside San Juan.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze about 20 minutes after it started, said airport spokesman Juan Rivera.

The terminal, where Delta, USAirways, Caribbean Sun, Falcon Air and Sky King airlines operate, was temporarily closed to air out smoke and clean up water.

Authorities were investigating what sparked the fire.

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