THE horror blaze at Luton Airport started in a vehicle with a diesel engine that had just arrived at the car park, a fire chief has revealed.
All flights have been suspended after flames ripped through the Terminal Car Park 2 in Luton causing it to collapse on Tuesday night.
PAThe ’cause’ of the horror blaze at Luton Airport has been revealed[/caption]
Firefighters are tackling the blaze which began on Tuesday evening and appears to have destroyed hundreds of cars.
Flights have been cancelled since the fire broke out shortly before 9pm.
Now Andrew Hopkinson, chief fire officer for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, explained how the fire started.
He said: “We have no intelligence at this stage to suggest that this was anything other than an accidental fire that started in one of the vehicles that had not long arrived at the airport.
“It was not an EV. This was a diesel powered vehicle.”
In a statement on Wednesday morning, the airport said emergency services remain at the scene and flights would be suspended until 3pm, having initially been paused until noon.
Four firefighters and a member of airport staff were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and another firefighter was treated at the scene.
Footage posted on social media showed flames and smoke tearing through cars parked at the newly-built airport car park.
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