Luton Airport fire: All flights suspended as emergency crews respond to huge blaze in car park

October 10, 2023

All flights have been suspended at Luton Airport after a huge fire broke out in one of its car parks.

Flames could be seen tearing through cars parked on an upper floor of Terminal Car Park 2, as seen in videos posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday.

Another video appears to show the fire has spread to multiple floors of the car park.

One video shows firefighters have arrived at the scene.

The East of England Ambulance Service has reportedly attended but there are no reports of casualties.

Vehicle alarms and loud explosions could be heard, with one witness saying the speed in which the blaze tore through the floor of the car park was "incredible".

London Luton Airport tweeted "All flights are currently suspended as emergency services respond to a fire in Terminal Car Park 2.

"Access to the airport is currently restricted and we ask that people do not travel to the airport at this time."

Russell Taylor, 41, an account director from Kinross in Scotland, saw the flames after flying in to Luton Airport from Edinburgh.

He said: "There were a couple of fire engines with a car ablaze on the upper floor of the car park at just after 9pm.

"A few minutes later most of the upper floor was alight, car alarms were going off with loud explosions from cars going up in flames.

"The speed in which the fire took hold was incredible."

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