ST. LOUIS — That must’ve been one heck of a bagel.

Everyone’s favourite breakfast item has been blamed for an ********** at St. Louis International Lambert Airport earlier this week after it became overly toasted and set off a **** alarm.

Airport officials say a bagel burned in a restaurant in Terminal 2 around 6 p.m. Tuesday, setting off ***** detectors and prompting a full **********. An estimated 300 to 400 people were required to go outside, where the temperature was 11 degrees.

The airport says the ********** lasted only about five minutes, but passengers had to go back through security checks once they re-entered the building. No flight delays were reported.

No word as to whether the bagel in question was plain or seasoned. But judging by the level of *********** it caused, we’re thinking it was of the Everything variety.

With file from the Associated Press