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Fire alarm triggered on Virgin flight at Sydney Airport

NSW Ambulance paramedics have been called out to Sydney airport following reports of a fire involving a plane on the tarmac.

Emergency services rushed to the Virgin flight at Sydney Airport.
Emergency services rushed to the Virgin flight at Sydney Airport. Source: AAP

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Emergency services were called to Sydney Airport after reports of a fire on board a plane on the tarmac.

Passengers were on board the Virgin Australia plane when fire alarms were set off this morning.

"It is believed passengers are on board the aircraft but no evacuations have taken place," a NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said in a statement.

Airport authorities determined there was no fire inside the flight.

It was then cleared to move through the terminal where passengers disembarked.


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