An explosion was heard at the Beijing airport . A man set off black powder , the kind used in firecrackers . Medical personnel and police responded Saturday to an explosion in a terminal of the Beijing Capital International Airport , China 's state-run Xinhua news agency said . The blast caused a fire that spread to nearby buildings and damaged some of them. No one else was reported injured .
An explosion was heard at the Beijing airport . A man set off black powder , the kind used in firecrackers . The blast caused a fire that spread to nearby buildings and damaged some of them. No one else was reported injured .