Smoke alarm, sprinklers go off at Bush Intercontinental Airport

A smoking battery prompted an alarm and a sprinkler system to go off early Friday in Terminal E of Bush Intercontinental Airport.

The alarm went off about 12:45 a.m., when several batteries that were charging in a storage area near gates 6 and 7 Terminal E started smoking, said Bill Begley, spokesman for the Houston Airport System.

No flights were delayed or canceled because of the alarms, Begley said.