DIA construction-area smoke disrupts terminal train service

A smoke alarm in a construction area on Level in the Denver International Airport main terminal around a m Wednesday prompted representatives to block access to rider trains linking the terminal to concourses as a precaution Trains between DIA s three concourses kept running but travelers could not go to the main air terminal They had to take the A Bridge pedestrian walkway from the A Concourse to the terminal Travelers in the C and B concourses could take the trains to the A Concourse and then use the bridge walkway We made the trains temporarily unavailable going to the main terminal for safety DIA spokeswoman Ashley Forest commented We had employees helping to assist passengers to move them to the bridge Denver Fire Department investigators looked into the cause of the smoke and concluded there was smoke confined to the construction area Forest explained The source of the smoke and whether there was a fire wasn t clear Forest explained The train system was back up to normal around p m