Fire at India’s international airport in Kolkata briefly prompts evacuation; no injuries reported.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Airport officials say a fire at India’s major eastern airport hub in Kolkata filled the departure lounge with smoke and prompted the evacuation of travelers. There were no injuries, and the cause of the fire late Wednesday was under investigation. Kolkata airport authorities say the minor fire was extinguished within a half-hour and normal operations were expected to resume quickly. Television images from earlier in the day showed the fire leaping out from a portion of the airport’s departure terminal. Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport is the largest hub for air traffic in eastern India.