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Restroom fire forces plane bound for Regina to land in Fargo, N.D.

Last Updated: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | 8:29 AM CT

The Associated Press

A plane headed for Regina from Minneapolis, Minn., with about 60 passengers aboard was forced to land in Fargo, N.D., after fire broke out in a restroom.

A spokesman for Compass Airlines says the plane landed at the airport in Fargo at about 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, and passengers are being questioned by police and the FBI.

No one was hurt. But passengers described the incident as scary. They credited two flight attendants with quickly extinguishing the blaze and getting passengers into the first-class section of the plane, where the smoke was not as heavy.

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