Engine fire sparks panic among passengers

PANICKED passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers from Paris to a holiday city in Spain after an engine suddenly caught fire yesterday, a passenger said.

Eight passengers had chafed skin from using the emergency exit slides and were treated by airport personnel after the incident at Orly airport, Vueling airline and French police said.

Some passengers were treated for shock.