East London airport evacuated after fire alarm

London City Airport was evacuated Friday after a fire alarm went off.

The ambulance service in the British capital said that two people were hospitalized. A total of about five hundred people had to leave the airport, reportedly because of a chemical incident ' '.

A 35-year-old passenger told the BBC that he had just left his plane when he heard the alarm. ' It was announced in three languages ​​that there was a fire, '' said the man. ' We are all now take shelter under the wing of the airplane because it's raining. ''