El Paso, February 12: A fire broke out at a transportation center next to the international airport in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, injuring five people and sending a large tower of black smoke billowing over the city on the US-Mexico border. Authorities did not immediately say what caused the fire at Sun Metro Bicentennial Council Transit Operations Center.

More than 100 firefighters responded to the blaze, said El Paso Fire Department Deputy Chief Robert Arvizu. He said he did not immediately know how many people were inside the building, whose walls and roof caved in. Authorities said they had the fire under control by midafternoon. Texas Fire: Massive Blaze Engulfs Jacuzzi Store in San Antonio, Video Shows Raging Flames and Huge Cloud of Black Smoke.

Massive Blaze Erupts Near El Paso International Airport

The fire did not disrupt flights at El Paso International Airport, said El Paso city spokesperson Laura Cruz Acosta.

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