{"id":282928,"date":"2023-10-11T22:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282928"},"modified":"2023-10-11T22:01:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:01:31","slug":"fire-rips-through-car-park-at-luton-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282928","title":{"rendered":"Fire rips through car park at Luton\u00a0Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The fire was “rapidly developing and escalating” said Andy Hopkinson from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All flights at Luton Airport have been suspended until the afternoon after a huge fire ripped through a terminal car park.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flights have been halted until 15:00 BST after the fire at the multi-storey caused the building to suffer a “significant structural collapse”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 1,500 vehicles may have been in the car park and subsequently damaged, the fire service said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four firefighters and an airport staff member were taken to hospital.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had been suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke. Another patient was treated at the scene.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airport said its priority was to support emergency services and the safety of passengers and staff, which is why flights had been suspended.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire, believed to have been accidental, would have started in a vehicle that arrived at about the time the fire started, shortly before 21:00 BST, the fire service said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage shared online shows huge flames and billowing smoke from the top level of the car park after the fire broke out shortly before 21:00 on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedfordshire Police has asked people not to travel to the area.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the ambulance service said a member of the public and six firefighters had suffered smoke inhalation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vehicle alarms and loud explosions were heard, with one witness describing the speed at which the blaze had torn through the upper floor of the car park as “incredible”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ll have to wait for the facts to emerge in due course to find out what caused the fire in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the explosions reported, the collapse of the floor and the speed at which the fire spread certainly raise the suspicion that one or more EVs were involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if not, we do know that a car park full of EVs, which will be the case in a few short years time, would be lethal in the event of a fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just imagine an underground car park beneath a block of flats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until the full facts emerge, EVs should be banned immediately from all multi-storey car parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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