International flights gradually resumed at Kenya's main airport
Thursday after a blaze sent orange flames shooting in the air and
brought East Africa's largest aviation hub to a standstill.There were no reports of casualties in the Wednesday blaze at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
A day after the fire started, airport officials said they have set up tents to temporarily service the international area.Several flights,
including from London, Thailand and Uganda, landed at the airport as it
slowly came back to life, airport authorities said.
Other international flights took off from the airport, including to South Sudan and South Africa, the Kenya Airports Authority tweeted. It also reported departures and arrivals of local flights.
The blaze destroyed large
parts of the international terminal, leaving the arrivals section in
charred ruins and strewn with debris. Chunks of corrugated metal hung
from the roof after it caved in.
Tragic but over now/
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