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Fire at D/FW?

Posted on March 12th, 2008 9:46am by Adam McGill
Filed under Local News

A curious FrontBurnervian wants to know what’s up:

Black smoke in a big way? Looking South from terminal B??

Anyone know anything?

Update: A knowledgeable commenter says not to worry:

That is the DPS/fire fighter training area. It’s on the western side of the airport. It’s running about once a week or so, and it always freaks people out. But that is all it is.

3 Comments to “Fire at D/FW?”

Tim W. @ March 12th, 2008 at 9:49 am

That is the DPS/fire fighter training area. It’s on the western side of the airport. It’s running about once a week or so, and it always freaks people out. But that is all it is.
Amandax9362 @ March 12th, 2008 at 9:53 am

Um, I hate to be picky, but I think the ‘time stamp’ time did not get the Daylight Savings treatment.
Kirk @ March 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am

First responders at O’Hare in Chicago used to have a similar exercise, but they used an old airplane in a remote area of the airport to run the fire drill. The first time I came in over it, it was a real surprise to see a burning airplane surrounded by emergency vehicles. After that, it was fun to watch others’ reactions.