A busy Italian airport as been partially evacuated after a person set hearth to a check-in space.
Video footage posted on social media exhibits chaotic scenes inside Terminal 1 of Milan’s Malpensa airport as a hearth rages at one of many desks whereas a person assaults digital screens earlier than being detained.
A person has been arrested and the state of affairs introduced below management, in accordance with the Lombardy Airports Affiliation.
Nonetheless, it warned of potential delays and cancellations to departures on the bustling vacationer hub widespread with Brits.
No accidents have been reported to this point, in accordance with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The incident occurred round 11:00 native time (09:00 GMT), the paper mentioned, with emergency companies alerted to stories of an “agitated man” within the terminal.
In video posted to social media, giant flames may be seen rising from a check-in desk as various startled passengers look on. Cries of alarm are audible.
The digital camera pans throughout to then present a person attacking overhead digital screens with what seems to be a blunt object.
He’s finally challenged by a number of folks, earlier than being pinned to the bottom.
Photos from the airport present enormous queues of passengers ready exterior the terminal constructing as smoke fills the air inside.