Huge fire blazes at Bombardier Aerospace plant - 50 firefighters at scene
Airport Road in the east of the city was sealed off at two ends by police as firefighters tackled the blaze.
The Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) confirmed it is attending an incident at the Bombardier plant.
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Hide Ad“NIFRS is currently attending an incident at Bombardier Aerospace, Airport Road, Belfast,” it said in a statement.
“The incident involves a factory unit on fire. NIFRS received the first call to the incident at 8.45pm with our first resource in attendance within two minutes.
“There are currently a total of six pumping appliances, one aerial appliance, a high volume pump with a total of 50 firefighters and supervisory officers engaged in firefighting operations to contain the fire.
“Members of the public are asked to avoid the area of Airport Road to enable firefighting operations to continue unhindered.”