in-cyprus 11 October 2023 - by Annie Charalambous
London Luton Airport said it was suspending all flights until 1400 GMT, three hours later than previously announced, following a fire in one of its multi-storey car parks.
“Emergency services remain on the scene following last night’s fire in Terminal Car Park 2,” the airport said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We have now taken the decision to suspend all flights until 3pm (1400 GMT) on Wednesday.”
The fire involved numerous cars in terminal car park 2, the Bedfordshire fire department said.
“One half of the structure was fully involved in fire and the building suffered a significant structural collapse,” the fire department added, while declaring this as a major incident.
No major casualties were reported, but “one member of the public and six firefighters were affected by smoke inhalation,” the East England Ambulance Service said in a post on messaging platform X.
Britain’s easyJet EZJ.L, whose flights operate from Luton airport, said “airlines are currently experiencing some disruption to their flying programmes.”
Hungarian Wizz Air WIZZ.L and Europe’s Ryanair RYA.I, which are also among the airlines that fly through Luton, did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
