A major fire in the airport's car park led to a full cancelation of flights from Luton Airport.
in the United Kingdom and 40 miles outside of central London, Luton Airport is a hub for many low-cost airlines taking passengers to different European cities. While it is significantly smaller than London Heathrow, over 130 flights take off from Luton on an average day.in one of the airport's car parks.
The fire broke out around 8 p.m. on Oct. 10 and, by the following morning, was still not fully under control despite fire crews working all night. Efforts are still ongoing to extinguish a serious fire at Luton Airport. We are continuing to protect surrounding airport infrastructure, vehicles and the Luton DART. For anyone whose travel plans may be affected, please refer to the advice being provided by London Luton Airport.
"Following last night’s car fire in Terminal Car Park 2, emergency services have now downgraded the incident but remain on the scene as a precaution," the airporton the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday afternoon."The teams have worked hard to get the airport operational, with the passengers now re-entering the terminal and the first flights expected to depart from 3 p.m.
According to Hopkinson, all evidence suggests that the fire was accidental. While it is still unclear whether any travelers were in the car park at the time the fire broke out and received injuries, four firefighters and a member of the airport staff team received treatment for"mild smoke inhalation" at a local treatment facility.posted shortly after the first flights had started taking off.
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