LUTON: London's Luton Airport has suspended all flights until Wednesday (Oct 11) afternoon and asked passengers not to travel there after a "significant fire" caused the partial collapse of a parking structure. Flames leapt out of the third floor of a car park at Terminal 2 of the airport, as firefighters
Firemen battle a fire at London's Luton Airport which caused a partial collapse of a parking structure LUTON: London's Luton Airport has suspended all flights until Wednesday afternoon and asked passengers not to travel there after a"significant fire" caused the partial collapse of a parking structure.
"Our priority remains supporting the emergency services and the safety of our passengers and staff. Therefore, we have taken the decision to suspend all flights until 3pm on Wednesday 11th October," the airport said in a statement issued early Wednesday morning. "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," Russell Taylor, 41, an account director from Scotland told British newswire PA.The Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said its crew worked to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to other nearby buildings and vehicles.
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