A number of Edinburgh Airport passengers were evacuated on Tuesday after a fire broke out in one of the terminal restaurants.
Crowds of travellers were forced to leave the building shortly after 8pm on September 27 as the blaze sparked inside the Hudson Bar and Grill.
Emergency services including both fire crews and police had raced to the airport in response to reports of the incident, with a number of engines rushing to the tarmac outside.
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Quickly attending to the blaze, the Record reports that the fire had started in the restaurant's kitchen area. To ensure passenger safety, crowds of people had been escorted out of the building while loud alarms sounded throughout the airport.
In video footage taken by a passenger, the automated fir alarm can be heard stating: "The fire alarm has been activated. Leave the area immediately."
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A spokesperson for Edinburgh Airport said: "Teams responded to a small fire in the kitchen area of the Hudson Bar and Grill.
"Our safety measures were enacted and included evacuating and keeping passengers away from the area while our fire and rescue service responded.
"Safety of passengers and staff is paramount and only when the fire was extinguished did we allow people to move back to the area.”
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