Florida Keys

Seaplane and helicopter destroyed in a Key West airport fire, officials say

A fire at a privately owned hangar at Key West International Airport destroyed a seaplane and a helicopter Thursday night, Sept. 29, 2022. 
A fire at a privately owned hangar at Key West International Airport destroyed a seaplane and a helicopter Thursday night, Sept. 29, 2022. 

A fire at a privately owned hangar at Key West International Airport destroyed a seaplane and a helicopter Thursday night, officials said.

No one was injured in the blaze that burned in a seven-space hangar.

It broke out at 6:50 p.m., Richard Strickland, director of airports for Monroe County, said in a statement.

Strickland said the cause of the fire, which was knocked down within an hour, is under investigation.

This story was originally published September 29, 2022 at 9:48 PM.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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