Flights at Luton Airport have been suspended until noon on Wednesday after a huge fire broke out in a terminal car park.
The blaze ripped through the airport's terminal two car park on Tuesday evening, causing "partial structural collapse". Four firefighters and one member of airport staff were taken to Luton and Dunstable Hospital following the incident, the East England Ambulance Service said.Another patient was discharged at the scene.Luton Airport has since confirmed that all flights are suspended until Wednesday afternoon.A 3.
A spokesperson for the force said: "We are currently in attendance at a significant fire in a multi-storey car park involving numerous cars in Terminal Car Park 2 at Luton Airport. "First calls were received at 2047. "We have 15 fire appliances, and three specialist aerial appliances from across the county and surrounding counties in attendance and this has been declared a major incident by Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
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