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“Firefighters had the issue resolved in less than 20 minutes before travelers were let back into the airport,” the airport said.

Update on this morning's alarm. Normal ops have resumed. pic.twitter.com/BdRcS3XE1s

— Dallas Love Field (@DallasLoveField) December 22, 2017

Only about 1,000 people ahead of me in the TSA line due to a fire alarm that forced an evacuation of the terminal... #Dallas #LoveField #fucked #TSA #99%chanceeveryflightleavingfromheregetsdelayed

A post shared by Jerry Broadway (@jerrybroadway25) on Dec 22, 2017 at 3:44am PST

People for days and days ... ???? #tsalines #dallaslovefield #southwestairlines #lovefield ?????????????

A post shared by Nikki Bradley (@nlb72480) on Dec 22, 2017 at 3:34am PST

Love Field later posted on its Twitter account that all “affected passengers” would have to be rescreened by the Transportation Security Administration. The airport also advised travelers to give themselves at least 90 minutes to go through its security checkpoint.

We have been cleared to return to normal operations. TSA will rescreen all affected passengers.

— Dallas Love Field (@DallasLoveField) December 22, 2017

Please give yourself 1 hour & 30 minutes to go through TSA Security Checkpoint this morning. TSA is moving quickly to get everyone through safely. Please be patient.

— Dallas Love Field (@DallasLoveField) December 22, 2017

When the fire alarms go off at the airport and everyone has to evacuate then go back through security. This is one line btw. #happyholidays #planestrainsandautomobiles

A post shared by Dave B (@itsdaveydave) on Dec 22, 2017 at 3:40am PST

According to AAA, 2017 marks the ninth consecutive year of rising year-end holiday travel. AAA forecasts 107.3 million Americans will be traveling this holiday season.

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