Firefighters douse 'tailpipe' fire on JetBlue flight

Firefighters helped put out a "small" fire that broke out in an engine of a JetBlue plane earlier today at Baltimore/Washington International Airport.

WJLA TV of Washington reports that the "small engine fire" occurred just after JetBlue Flight 1329 landed at BWI after arriving from Boston between 11:15 and 11:30 a.m. ET. The Associated Press adds the engine on the Embraer E190 jet "apparently caught fire as the plane was taxiing to the gate."

Firefighters were able to put out the fire on the aircraft after it taxied to a gate. Photos from Washington's WUSA Channel 9 showed fire trucks surrounding the jet, with what appeared to be flame retardant on the ground near the plane.

JetBlue acknowledged the incident on its BlueTales corporate blog, saying "there was a small flame in the tailpipe which the local fire department elected to extinguish with foam."

BWI spokesman Jonathan Dean tells NBC Washington fliers exited the plane normally and that no one was hurt. Airport operations were not affected, Dean adds.