Fire breaks out on JFK Airport as frightened passengers watch from gate hours before officials say it was a drill

A FIRE has broken out on the tarmac at JFK International Airport in New York in front of horrified passengers as they waited at a gate.

Jason Graziadei said he started searching for answers after seeing the smoke erupt through the airport windows as he waited for a delayed flight.

Video taken by Graziadei and shared with The U.S. Sun shows a trail of flames erupting on the runway behind a JetBlue plane on Tuesday morning.

Massive streams of water appear to be battling the large blaze as black smoke clouds the sky…

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