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London: all flights suspended at Luton airport after major fire

The British airport of London-Luton suspended all its flights on Tuesday October 10 in the evening and until 2 p.

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London: all flights suspended at Luton airport after major fire

The British airport of London-Luton suspended all its flights on Tuesday October 10 in the evening and until 2 p.m. (GMT) on Wednesday, due to a major fire which caused the partial collapse of one of its car parks. “The safety of our passengers and staff remains our top priority. We have therefore taken the decision to suspend all flights until Wednesday October 11 at 12 p.m., i.e. 11:00 GMT, indicated the airport located about forty kilometers north of central London and served by several low-cost airlines. cost.Access to the airport is otherwise restricted. “We are asking people not to travel to the airport at this time,” the airport added. The fire broke out around 9:00 p.m. local time in a recently built parking lot. Images broadcast by British media showed a multi-story building on fire near a terminal, while witnesses on social media reported explosions.

Local ambulance services clarified on X (formerly Twitter) that five people - four firefighters and an airport employee - had been admitted to hospital. Another injured person was treated on site, said the same source. Firefighters said they were working on the site to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to other buildings. “The structure of the building suffered a significant collapse,” Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said on X.

Passengers quoted in British media said their flight was canceled after they had already boarded. Russell Taylor, 41, who was able to land from Edinburgh in Scotland, explained to the British agency Press Association (PA) that the disaster then developed at an “incredible” speed. “There were a few fire engines with a car on fire on the upper level of the parking lot just after 9 p.m.,” he described. “A few minutes later, the entire floor was burning with alarms going off and loud explosions coming from the burning cars.”

Luton Airport saw 13 million passengers pass through in 2022. It is served in particular by the companies easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air.

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