MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- About 3,000 people were evacuated from Moscow Domodedovo International Airport on Thursday, as smoke billowed from a fire that erupted in the baggage sector of a storage room.
The fire started about 7 a.m. during construction work at the airport. The smoke apidly spread into the ventilation system and filled the terminal, forcing emergency services to begin evacuating people, state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.