Moment Range Rover Catches Fire Before £20m Multi-storey Car Park With 1,500 Vehicles Collapsed

Moment diesel-powered Range Rover exploded before £20million multi-storey car park with 1,500 vehicles collapsed.

Five people were rushed to hospital – including firefighters who were trying to battle the blaze Luton Airport’s car park.

Luton Airport was forced to close for 18 hours, leaving 50,000+ passengers stranded after more than 140 flights were cancelled.

Multi-storey car park, which opened in 2019 as part of a £20million modernisation drive, did not have sprinklers.

Video shared has shown moment a diesel-powered Range Rover SUV burst into flames at Luton Airport before the blaze ripped through a £20 million multi-storey car park with over 1,500 vehicles.

According to local reports, one hundred firefighters spent 12 hours battling the inferno at the airport’s Terminal Car Park 2 on Tuesday October 10th before the multi-storey structure collapsed on Wednesday night.

Five people were rushed to hospital – including firefighters who were trying to battle the blaze. Following the incident, Luton Airport was forced to close for 18 hours, leaving up to 50,000 passengers stranded after more than 140 flights were cancelled.

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As many as 1,500 vehicles are believed to have been damaged during the incident. And while many vehicles were reduced to mere metal shells, some appear to still be in good condition.

But fire specialists have claimed that owners of the vehicles inside the Luton Airport car park may never see them again. An officer, who attended the scene, told the Telegraph:

“We can’t get close enough to see. “It’s too dangerous, it will probably fall down on you, so they will probably bring it all down.”

DailyMail reports that the multi-storey car park, which opened in 2019 as part of a £20million modernisation drive, did not have sprinklers, adding that a fire chief urged the airport to install them in existing and future car parks.

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