Luton Airport fire updates — Flights resume after blaze hospitalises 5 as fire chief addresses rumours EV caused inferno

FLIGHTS from Luton Airport have resumed after a blaze ripped through one of its multi-storey car parks last night.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue service confirmed a major incident had occurred at 9:38pm last night, with at least 15 fire engines and 100 firefighters attending the scene. Up to 1,200 vehicles have been damaged in the blaze, with emergency services still on the scene.

Now, have resumed after cancellations plunged thousands into chaos after a Ryanair flight heading to Cork left at roughly 3:30pm.

Andrew Hopkinson, chief fire officer for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, this morning explained how it is believed 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.”

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