JetBlue flight to New York aborts takeoff, evacuates at Puerto Rico airport after reported engine fire -

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WABC) -- A Jet Blue flight headed to JFK Airport from Puerto Rico was evacuated after the left engine caught on fire Saturday night.

Flight 704 from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan experienced the engine fire while taxiing before takeoff around 7:15 p.m.

Puerto Rico airport official Rolando Padua said in a press statement that the 186 passengers aboard the A-320 aircraft were evacuated after the pilot halted the A-320 aircraft before it could take off.

Padua said three people suffered minor injuries because of the emergency evacuation.
[link to 7online.com]