NEW YORK — A terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was briefly evacuated Wednesday because of a fire on an escalator, officials said.
The fire at Terminal 8 at JFK was reported around 7 a.m., New York Fire Department officials said.
Steve Burns, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said four people were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.
Burns said terminal operations resumed at 8:15 a.m. and the cause of the fire was still under investigation.
a video posted on X by a passenger from a stationary plane, showing fire engines swarming over the platform.
Airlines such as American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas fly from Terminal 8.