A fire erupted Tuesday in a baggage belt where work was underway at Charles de Gaulle airport, forcing the evacuation of several hundred people but causing no injuries, airport officials said. A section of Terminal 1 was evacuated as a precaution, said a statement by Aeroports de Paris, or ADP, which runs the airports serving the French capital. Seven flights set to take off at Terminal 1 were transferred to another terminal, an ADP statement said, adding that the terminal was fully reopened within two hours. The fire broke out at 8:03 a.m. (0703 GMT) in a baggage section of Terminal 1 where work was underway, ADP officials said. Some 50 firefighters with about 10 vehicles brought the blaze under control at 9:05 a.m. (0805 GMT), rescue officials and ADP said. Further information, including the cause of the fire, was not immediately available. In May, a section of a roof on a futuristic new terminal at Charles de Gaulle collapsed, killing four people. Charles de Gaulle, north of Paris, is the main airport serving the Paris region.
