(10-11-2023, 07:21 AM)727Sky Wrote: There are many news reports of battery powered buses and cars going up in flames.. Water will not put the fire out so your best option is "Run Away!"

There are several videos of E-Bikes, cars and busses doing the meltdown.. something to think about IMO.

Quote:Fire rips through car park at Luton Airport

'All flights at Luton Airport have been suspended until the afternoon after a huge fire ripped through a terminal
car park. Flights have been halted until 15:00 BST after the fire at the multi-storey caused the building to suffer
a "significant structural collapse". Up to 1,200 vehicles may have been in the car park and subsequently damaged,
the fire service said.



Four firefighters and an airport staff member were taken to hospital. They had been suffering from the effects of
breathing in smoke. Another patient was treated at the scene. The airport said its priority was to support emergency
services and the safety of passengers and staff, which is why flights had been suspended.

Footage shared online shows huge flames and billowing smoke from the top level of the car park after the fire broke
out shortly before 21:00 on Tuesday. Bedfordshire Police has asked people not to travel to the area.
The airport said a car fire had spread but did not give further details.

Hundreds of people are now stranded in Luton, with no way of getting home with many saying their cars were in the
car park. There is a heavy police presence with many officers trying their best to direct people away from the scene.
For some stranded passengers, English is not their first language.

Many were scrambling with their luggage to Luton Airport's train station in a bid to catch a train or coach to other
airports in order to catch flights in the next few hours. All the hotels are fully booked and many passengers said it
felt like airlines had simply dumped them.

London Luton Airport is the UK's fifth largest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted, carrying
more than 13 million passengers in 2022. The ambulance service said a critical incident had been stood down but
it would "remain on scene to support fire and rescue colleagues".
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said 15 fire engines had been sent to the airport...'

(10-11-2023, 07:44 AM)BIAD Wrote: There's been an overnight fire in the top level parking facility at Luton Airport in England and I'm waiting to
see how the media spin the incident. If it's due to a problem with an electric vehicle, it'll be down-played...

Quote:'...It is thought the fire started with a diesel-powered vehicle "and then that fire has quickly and rapidly spread",
said Andrew Hopkinson, Bedfordshire's chief fire officer. While the exact number of cars damaged or destroyed
is not yet known, Mr Hopkinson said: "There is a substantial number [of cars] that are not damaged."

There is no suggestion the blaze happened intentionally...'

'...Electrical faults with the 12-volt battery system are the most common cause of car fires, according to the AA's
technical expert Greg Carter. Mr Carter said diesel is "much less flammable" than petrol, and in a car it takes
"intense pressure or sustained flame" to ignite diesel...'

'...The exact cause of the fire and the number of vehicles damaged is not yet clear...'

Quote:'...How did the fire start?

Authorities said the fire appeared to be accidental, with local fire chief Andrew Hopkinson saying there was no
evidence to suggest anything to the contrary. He added the fire likely started in a diesel car, before spreading
to nearby vehicles.

"We don't believe it was an electric vehicle," he said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation...'

Quote:Luton car park fire: Airport admits it doesn't know which vehicles went up in flames
- three days after blaze

'Luton Airport has admitted it does not know whose vehicles were damaged by a massive fire which ripped
through one of its car parks three days ago.

Passengers who left their cars at Terminal Car Park 2 say they have been "left in limbo" since Tuesday night's
blaze. The airport apologised to customers in a statement on Friday. But it added that due to the fact the site
still cannot be accessed safely, "we are unable to confirm the condition of any individual vehicle"...'

Quote:Luton airport fire caused by vehicle fault, as man arrested as precaution

The airport was forced to shut, leaving around 25,000 passengers suffering flight disruptions

'A man has been arrested after a huge fire at a Luton Airport car park - which police believe was
caused by a vehicle fault. The devastating blaze broke out on the evening of Tuesday, October 10.
The multi-storey Terminal Car Park 2 later collapsed, causing Luton Airport to shut and leaving
around 25,000 passengers suffering flight disruption.

A man in his 30s was arrested by Bedfordshire Police last week on suspicion of criminal damage.
It is believed the man was arrested as a precaution, and the police investigation so far suggests the
fire started accidentally due to a vehicle fault. He has been released on bail while police continue to
investigate.

Andrew Hopkinson, chief fire officer for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said up to 1,500
vehicles were inside the car park at the time of the fire. In a statement, Luton Airport previously
said it is “unlikely that any vehicles in the car park will be salvageable” but added this was “still
in the process of being assessed”.

Following the blaze, it emerged the car park, which opened in 2019, did not appear to have a
sprinkler system...'