London Luton Airport suspends all flights due to major fire

London’s Luton Airport suspended all flights until midday, Wednesday October 11, due to a major fire which caused the partial collapse of one of its car parks and left several people injured. “The safety of our passengers and staff remains our main priority”, the airport said on its website. Luton, located about 40 kilometers north of central London and served by several low-cost airlines, has advised passengers not to travel there.e “because access remains very limited”.

The fire started around 9 p.m. (local time) in a recently built parking lot. Images broadcast by British media show a multi-story building on fire near a terminal. Local ambulance services clarified on the X platform (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”said the Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service on. Luton Airport saw 13 million passengers pass through in 2022. It is served in particular by the companies EasyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air.