 Luton Airport fire
Credit: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

The fire at the car park, which was not required to have a sprinkler system, was started by a Range Rover whose engine was already smoking when it arrived.

Sprinklers 'would have limited' airport fire which destroyed 1,300 cars

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There are long queues at Luton Airport in Bedfordshire, as well as some online check-in issues at Stansted Airport leading to manual processes.

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ANGLIA 090424 Luton Airport demolition update
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Bosses said the work had been a "painstaking" process because the building was so near other parts of the airport.

New images show demolition progress six months after airport car park blaze

Drone footage of Luton Airport car park fire.
Credit: London Luton Airport

Police are investigating alleged thefts from vehicles destroyed in a fire that broke out at an airport carpark in October.

Police investigate thefts from vehicles gutted in airport car park fire

Handout screen grab from video issued by Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service a fire at a car park at Luton Airport On Tuesday. All flights at the airport have been suspended. Issue date: Wednesday October 11, 2023.
Credit: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Fire and police services have confirmed the most "probable cause" of the blaze that destroyed the structure at Luton Airport.

Cause of car park fire that destroyed up to 1,500 vehicles is revealed

The man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage but will now face no further action.

Man arrested after Luton airport car park fire to face no further action

Lab technician Charles Cannon had 'terrorist motivations', a court heard.

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The airport said cars would be recovered from the building and handed over to salvage companies.

Fire-wrecked airport car park starts being demolished 

Information signs at London's St Pancras station showing cancelled trains. Problems with two Christmas rail engineering work projects are causing major disruption on Wednesday. Services at the southern end of the Midland Main Line between St Albans and London St Pancras are affected by a fault with the signalling system, while overrunning engineering work caused misery for many Southeastern passengers. East Midlands Railway said the signalling issue is preventing it from running services between London St Pancras and Luton Airport, meaning thousands of passengers risk missing flights. Picture date: Wednesday December 27, 2023.

Train signalling problems caused disruption for thousands of people trying to catch flights.

What to do if you were affected by train delays to Luton Airport

Nigel Dixon, a Rowan Atkinson lookalike, has recreated the famous gift-wrapping scene from Love Actually to warn passengers against taking wrapped presents through security. Credit: Luton Airport.

Promising to be "as quick as fast-track security", Nigel Dixon recreates Rowan Atkinson's famous gift-wrapping scene on a visit to Luton Airport.

Love Actually spoof warns passengers against gift wrapping

Andrew Miller and his husband Tim Meacock. The wheelchair user, whose vehicle was parked in a Luton Airport car park when fire devastated it, said the blaze had robbed him of his independence.
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He says people will now need to be reassured about the safety of these parking facilities.

Wheelchair user ‘saddened’ that car parked at Luton Airport will be destroyed

The airport says it's still in the process of recovering 100 cars of the top deck of the car park.

Cars on first three floors of burnt out Luton Airport carpark not salvageable

‘My independence has been completely taken away by this fire,’ said Andrew Miller, whose car had been specially adapted to him. 

Wheelchair user with adapted vehicle stuck in fire-hit car park 'misses funeral'

Work to lift cars off the top storey of the car park began on Monday, though authorities say none are expected to be salvageable. 

Inside fire-hit airport car park as crane begins removing vehicles

A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in connection with the blaze at Luton Airport's car park.

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