LAKELAND, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- Several people were injured on Thursday afternoon when severe weather damaged a local airport in Polk County, Florida, officials said. A CNN report about a hangar collapse turned out to be false.

The severe weather, which included four confirmed tornado sightings, swept through Polk County from the east on Thursday and resulted in damages and power outages throughout the county. There were no reports of fatalities and all people were accounted for.

According Polk County Public Safety officials, a roof of a large tent collapsed at Lake Linder Airport in Lakeland with 70 people inside. Officials reported that six people from the tent were transported to Lakeland Regional Medical Center for treatment, but their injuries were described as minor.

Dozens of small planes flipped during the storm, but it was not immediately clear if a tornado had struck the airport. The 37th Sun n' Fun Fly-in and Expo was being held at the airport when it happened.

An earlier report from CNN that claimed that a hangar had collapsed at the airport, trapping dozens of people, turned out to be inaccurate. "That is a false report. That didn't happen. I don't know how that got started," an airport spokeswoman said.

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