Firefighters responding to the Lufthansa hangar at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport on Monday morning walked into a wall of foam over their heads after a malfunction in the fire suppression system filled the building with foam and briefly trapped four people inside. "Apparently, they were working on the system when there was an error," Fire Chief Geoff Low said. "When it discharged, it filled the entire hangar. We did have some initial reports of some people that were lost inside. We were able to locate them — they were up on an upper level, so they were able to actually stay out of the product and we were able to get them down." A few people were covered in foam and some inhaled it. Two were taken to the hospital, Low said.
“Safety is always of the utmost importance to us and so we take this quite seriously," Lufthansa spokesman Tal Muscal said. "Thankfully no serious injuries were reported.”