Video shows fire engulf Jacksonville International Airport parking garage

A occurrence astatine a Jacksonville International Airport hourly parking store connected Friday, May 16, forced operations to unopen down and delayed flights.

The blaze was reported astatine astir 12:45 p.m. ET, according to The Florida Times-Union, portion of the USA TODAY Network.

"Due to a occurrence successful the Hourly Garage, the airdrome is presently closed. JFRD is on-site moving connected the issue. JSO has blocked inbound and outbound roadworthy entree to the airport. Additional details volition beryllium forthcoming soon,” a station from airdrome officials said.

About 50 cars were damaged, with officials expecting the airdrome to reopen connected Friday afternoon, News 4 Jax reported.

“They’ve sent successful a drone and truthful far, it looks similar we’re successful bully shape. We can’t cognize for 100% definite until we tin really get successful determination and inspect this car,” Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said during a quality conference.

Amid the same quality conference, Jacksonville Fire Chief Keith Powers said determination was a partial illness of the 2nd and 3rd floors of the parking garage.

“We’re not putting firefighters successful there. We’re utilizing drones to look for anybody that could beryllium successful there...but we won’t cognize until we tin get successful determination and physically verify...this is going to beryllium a long, agelong process, evidently akin to what we dealt with astatine the St. Vincent’s parking garage,” helium said.

See the occurrence astatine Jacksonville International Airport

A video from the airdrome shows the blaze connected the day of May 16.

Contributing: Clayton Freeman, Florida Times-Union

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