(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.
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:Fire rips through car park at Luton AirportBBC:
'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...'
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