Toronto airport fire: All US-bound flights from Terminal 1 cancelled

Toronto, Mar 18: A fire at Toronto Pearson International Airport has caused officials to cancel all US-bound flights from Terminal 1.

The blaze broke out in the terminal on Sunday evening and the area was evacuated. The airport announced in a tweet that all flights to the US scheduled to depart from Terminal 1 had been cancelled.

The fire was extinguished a short time later. Peel regional paramedics say one woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

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Another was treated at the scene. Crews are working to clean up damage from smoke and water. There is no word yet on what caused the fire.

PTI