London City Airport Evacuated

LONDON (AP) — London Fire Brigade says City Airport has been declared safe, three hours after it was evacuated by a suspected chemical incident.

The brigade said in a statement that police and fire officials in protective clothing made "two complete sweeps of the airport building," the fire brigade said.

"No elevated readings were found and the building was ventilated, searched and declared safe," it said in a statement. The cause of the incident was not immediately clear.

The airport was evacuated Friday and more than two dozen people treated for breathing difficulties after what the emergency services called a reported "chemical incident."

The brigade said it was called just after 4 p.m. (1500GMT) Friday afternoon to "reports of a chemical incident" at the airport.

The Associated Press