American Airlines plane cabin catches fire, 3 injured at San Francisco Airport, fire department says

SAN FRANCISCO -- An American Airlines formation was evacuated aft the unit reported fume successful the compartment arsenic the level taxied astatine San Francisco International Airport, according to airdrome officials.

Three radical suffered insignificant injuries during the evacuation done the exigency slides, but nary 1 needed aesculapian transport, according to the airport.

The occurrence section has responded to enactment retired the fume source.

Passengers volition beryllium transported to the terminal, the airdrome said.

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