Luton Airport Flights Suspended After Large Car Park Fire

[The_DADDY]

All flights at London Luton Airport have been suspended because of a large vehicle fire in one of its car parks.

An airport spokesperson said emergency services were responding to the blaze at Terminal Car Park 2 and that access to the airport was restricted.

Footage shared online showed huge flames and billowing smoke from the top floor of the multi-storey building.

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

Bedfordshire fire service is at the scene and tackling the blaze, which it said had affected 80% of the car park's third floor.

The fire service described it as a vehicle fire and said 10 fire engines were attending, following a call at 20:47 BST.

The airport asked people not to travel to the site.

Your  thoughts?

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67073446

[RJRB]

This is a BBC report so can it be trusted?

Strangely,the fire supposedly started with a single car on the 3rd level and then spread to the 2nd level and then the ground floor.

Now what happens if you light a bonfire at the top.

It goes out.

This fire has defied physics and gone sideways and  down.

Makes you wonder doesn’t it.

 

[Longcol]

19 minutes ago, RJRB said:

This is a BBC report so can it be trusted?

Strangely,the fire supposedly started with a single car on the 3rd level and then spread to the 2nd level and then the ground floor.

Now what happens if you light a bonfire at the top.

It goes out.

This fire has defied physics and gone sideways and  down.

Makes you wonder doesn’t it.

 

If fuel leaked from a car on the 3rd floor it certainly could have gone downwards unless the laws of gravity have changed - although probably wolud have had to big and full tank to spread that far.

 

Seems to be upper floor ownly;

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67073446

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/10/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-luton-airport-car-park

Edited October 10, 2023 by Longcol

[Bargepole23]

7 hours ago, RJRB said:

This is a BBC report so can it be trusted?

Strangely,the fire supposedly started with a single car on the 3rd level and then spread to the 2nd level and then the ground floor.

Now what happens if you light a bonfire at the top.

It goes out.

This fire has defied physics and gone sideways and  down.

Makes you wonder doesn’t it.

 

Not sure comparing a car park full of petrol tanks, exploding cars and a heat intense enough to cause significant structural damage, with a pile of wood has much merit, let alone concluding it has "defied physics".

[HeHasRisen]

7 hours ago, RJRB said:

is a BBC report so can it be trusted?

No mate, they made it up and all the flights have been cancelled for no reason 🙄

[Al Bundy]

Crikey, looks rough that.

 

My mate landed at Luton last night around 9pm from Bulgaria. Not sure if his car was parked there!

[Cyclunt]

Car park fire. Thats it. 

[Ronson]

BBC and Sky saying it started from a diesel car. X/Twitter saying the cause was the Lithium battery in a diesel hybrid Range Rover or Land Rover type vehicle.

 

I'll go with X/Twitter.

[HeHasRisen]

2 minutes ago, Ronson said:

BBC and Sky saying it started from a diesel car. X/Twitter saying the cause was the Lithium battery in a diesel hybrid Range Rover or Land Rover type vehicle.

 

I'll go with X/Twitter.

I'll go with the Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.... 

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02ihFn5EEVmm3oMik4dHWTbFPEZNYDgbHFSXF8bx5YJ8LX8d5kwQjvm1VTNuHzwxe9l&id=100064843025008

 

[RollingJ]

4 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

I'll go with the Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.... 

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02ihFn5EEVmm3oMik4dHWTbFPEZNYDgbHFSXF8bx5YJ8LX8d5kwQjvm1VTNuHzwxe9l&id=100064843025008

 

So would I - they tend to be a little more informed.