{"id":140085,"date":"2026-02-01T23:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140085\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:29:12","slug":"ground-stop-issued-at-orlando-international-airport-after-fire-alarm-evacuates-air-traffic-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140085\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground stop issued at Orlando International Airport after fire alarm evacuates air traffic tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A ground stop has been implemented at Orlando Airport in Florida following reports of a fire alarm. The incident prompted the evacuation of the air traffic control tower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement regarding the situation. FAA officials initiated the ground stop as a safety measure while investigating the reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No information was immediately available regarding the specific location of the fire or the extent of any damage to the facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We will update this story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ground stop has been implemented at Orlando Airport in Florida following reports of a fire alarm. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[68152,7811,30379,139,11583,141,140,21384],"class_list":{"0":"post-140085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-air-traffic-control-tower","9":"tag-federal-aviation-administration","10":"tag-fire-alarm","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-airport","13":"tag-orlando-headlines","14":"tag-orlando-news","15":"tag-safety-measure"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}