Firefighters among five hurt in race to tackle huge blaze at Luton Airport

Russell Taylor, 41, an account director from Kinross in Scotland, saw the flames after flying in to Luton Airport from Edinburgh.

“There were a couple of fire engines with a car ablaze on the upper floor of the car park at just after 9pm,” he told PA news agency.

“A few minutes later most of the upper floor was alight, car alarms were going off with loud explosions from cars going up in flames.

“The speed in which the fire took hold was incredible.”

Firefighters are still battling to extinguish the blaze at Luton Airport, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has said in an update.

The fire broke out at the newly-built car park building at Luton’s Terminal 2 just before 9pm on Tuesday.

At least 10 fire engines and over 100 firefighters were pressed into action to bring the fire under control, it said.“We are continuing to protect surrounding airport infrastructure, vehicles and the Luton DART,” it said in a statement.

According to the authorities, about 1,200 vehicles may have been in the car park at the time of the fire and subsequently damaged.

All flight services have been temporarily cancelled after a massive fire broke out in Terminal Cark Park 2 that resulted in the partial collapse of the structure.

“All flights are suspended until 12pm on Wednesday,” the airport said in an update on social media X.

It advised passengers to not travel to the airport at this time due to restricted access.

Firefighters and an airline official have been taken to hospital as emergency services battle a blaze that broke out at Luton Airport just before 9pm on Tuesday.

Footage posted on social media showed flames and smoke tearing through cars parked at the airport terminal.

Vehicle alarms and loud explosions could be heard, with one witness saying the speed in which the blaze tore through the upper floor of the car park was “incredible”.