A kitchen fire inside Terminal C at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport prompted an evacuation Tuesday afternoon.
The Houston Fire Department responded as the blaze sent a large plume of smoke into the sky.
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🚨 BREAKING: A FIRE has broken out at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas
This is NOT the airport President Trump is flying into or out of, thankfully.
There are reports of a terminal being evacuated, citing ATC, but I have not independently confirmed…
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 27, 2026
FOX 26 Houston has more:
Airport officials say passengers in the immediate area were relocated as a precaution.
Video sent to FOX 26 by a viewer showed firefighters at the airport as a large, dark cloud of smoke rose into the sky.
ADVERTISEMENTAccording to United Airlines, the fire wasn’t affecting flights. The airport encouraged passengers to check with their airline for updated terminal and gate information.
At 7:20 p.m., the airport said the fire department had finished their work, but the north area of the terminal remained closed as a precaution and due to clean up. All other areas of the terminal and the other terminals remained operational.
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A fire at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston alarmed passengers and halted some travel on Tuesday afternoon.
ABC News' Hanna Battah reports. https://t.co/9LWb0DyFd3 pic.twitter.com/go6I1Bdp4e
— ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2026
Click2Houston shared further:
Fire officials are investigating what caused the fire inside the Terminal C restaurant.
The airport also experienced dozens of flight delays and a few cancellations, although it remains unclear whether those disruptions were related to the fire.
