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UK--Fire breaks out at Luton Airport: All flights are suspended as emergency crews respond to blaze at terminal car park
MAILONLINE ^ | 10 October 2023 | By ELENA SALVONI

Posted on 10/10/2023 3:29:03 PM PDT by dennisw

The inferno was caused by a car fire, London Luton airport said in a statement

All flights have been suspended at Luton airport as a huge fire tears through a terminal car park.

Access to the airport has been restricted by the fire at Terminal 2 short stay, with people warned not to travel to get their flights.

The inferno was caused by a car fire, the airport said in a statement, and emergency services are in attendance.

Passengers have claimed online that boarded flights on the tarmac are being disembarked and that they have been told the airport has closed.

Eyewitness Molly Bullard described 'scary scenes' as the short stay was 'exploding into flames'.

She said on X: 'There is no transport in or out of Luton Airport. Passengers are being evacuated to walk on the footpath via the road underpass. All airport buses and vehicles are trapped by road blocks.'

Footage shows vicious fires whipped up by the wind, which appear to have covered much of the roof of the multi-storey structure.

The airport wrote on X: 'Emergency services are currently responding to a car fire in Terminal Car Park 2, restricting access to the airport.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: airport; carfire; carfires; fire; fires; london; luton; lutonairport
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1 posted on 10/10/2023 3:29:03 PM PDT by dennisw
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PHOTOS Within -—
Another spontaneously combusting EV? Started this fire at this airports multi-level parking garage?


2 posted on 10/10/2023 3:30:59 PM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: dennisw

Taking bets…

1. Islamists
2. EV


3 posted on 10/10/2023 3:31:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: dennisw

Self immolating EV? 🚗🔥


4 posted on 10/10/2023 3:31:10 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: dennisw

What’s the bet an EV caught on fire...


5 posted on 10/10/2023 3:31:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: rktman

You win.


6 posted on 10/10/2023 3:31:37 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: dennisw

I wonder if was started by an EV.


7 posted on 10/10/2023 3:32:08 PM PDT by Revel
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Buy more EVs! I’m actually glad I can’t afford one, though I wouldn’t buy one if I could.


8 posted on 10/10/2023 3:33:16 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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9 posted on 10/10/2023 3:34:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

EV charger...?

https://www.london-luton.co.uk/parking/electric-vehicle-charging


10 posted on 10/10/2023 3:35:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: dennisw

“All flights are suspended as emergency crews respond to blaze at terminal car park “

Sounds like someone was able sneak in their Tesla to the car park.


11 posted on 10/10/2023 3:39:19 PM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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"Another spontaneously combusting EV?"

That was my first question when the source of the fire was said to be a car in the parking garage.

12 posted on 10/10/2023 3:40:28 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: dennisw

What kind of car fire?

Or perhaps: “A fire from what kind of car?”


13 posted on 10/10/2023 3:43:24 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; dennisw

Well, if you wanted to attack a plane why alert the authorities with a silly car fire? So either a small protest statement to disrupt the general commerce, or just one of those freak accidents.


14 posted on 10/10/2023 3:54:26 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I say muzzies


15 posted on 10/10/2023 3:59:32 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (P01135809)
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To: dennisw

Caused by Climate Change! Fer sure!


16 posted on 10/10/2023 4:07:20 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: mass55th

I honestly can’t think of a time when a gasoline powered car spontaneously burst into flames while sitting unattended. I’ve never seen one reported. The only cars I’ve seen burning were running or someone was trying to get one running.


17 posted on 10/10/2023 4:16:23 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Mark

Caused by people over-reacting to perceived climate change.


18 posted on 10/10/2023 4:16:52 PM PDT by cephalopod
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To: dennisw

Relax it’s just another EV ending it’s life


19 posted on 10/10/2023 4:21:04 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dennisw

Hm? .... An EV?


20 posted on 10/10/2023 4:25:01 PM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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