San Diego Airport Evacuated Due To False Alarm

SAN DIEGO, CA — The San Diego International Airport was evacuated Wednesday due to a false alarm, according to the airport.

"We had a false alarm in T2 earlier this morning and a brief evacuation," airport communications specialist Larisa Casillas said in an email. "All is back to normal now."

The fire department responded to the alarm shortly before 8 a.m. and determined it was caused by water in an elevator smoke detector, according to media services manager Mónica Muñoz.

Twitter user Lauren St. Amand was at the airport and tweeted about the evacuation not long after 8 a.m. Less than an hour later, she followed up with a tweet that the situation was resolved.

"Emergency today, evacuated entire airport, put us all through security (again) and still made my flight!" she tweeted.

According to the airport's flight status webpage, about half of its late-morning arrivals and departures were delayed, although Casillas said the delays were not linked to the fire alarm.