Flights at Luton Airport have resumed after a huge fire ripped through a terminal car park on Tuesday evening.
The blaze caused the building to suffer a “significant structural collapse”. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service believed the cause was accidental.
The fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.
The fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.
Four firefighters and a member of airport staff were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke as they battled the huge blaze.
It broke out on level three of the terminal two car park and was thought to have started in a diesel car and spread rapidly.
One witnessed said he saw an explosion on the roof of the car park followed by a “flame that shot across the car park like a flamethrower”.
After that, he saw cars exploding “every few minutes”.
Flights at Luton Airport have resumed after a huge fire ripped through a terminal car park on Tuesday evening.
The fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.
The blaze caused the building to suffer a “significant structural collapse”. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service believed the cause was accidental.
Four firefighters and a member of airport staff were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke as they battled the huge blaze.
The fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.
The fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.
Four firefighters and a member of airport staff were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke as they battled the huge blaze.
It broke out on level three of the terminal two car park and was thought to have started in a diesel car and spread rapidly.
One witnessed said he saw an explosion on the roof of the car park followed by a “flame that shot across the car park like a flamethrower”.
After that, he saw cars exploding “every few minutes”.
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