Plane catches on fire at Las Vegas Airport, shutting down runway

As temperatures eclipsed 100 degrees Tuesday in Las Vegas, there was even more heat on the runway of McCarran Airport when a British Airways plane bound for London burst into flames on the tarmac. The blaze alarmed nearby passengers and set social media on fire

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Just landed in Las Vegas, plane is on fire. People were on boaard but it looks like they all got off in timehttp://pic.twitter.com/0AN5HvBB5G

— Eric Hays (@ericmhays) September 8, 2015

Plane just exploded outside my work http://pic.twitter.com/kgwYlR6449

— CapandFree (@CapandFree) September 8, 2015 Read more...

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