Luton Airport fire: Holidaymakers ‘left in limbo’ after car park blaze | UK News

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service declared a significant incident on Tuesday and, at its peak, had greater than 100 firefighters on the scene. As many as 1,500 automobiles had been in the car park on the time – with as much as 1,200 believed to be broken.

Holidaymakers who left their automobiles at Luton Airport say they’ve been “left in limbo” after a automobile hearth brought on a terminal car park to break down.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service declared a significant incident at 9.38pm on Tuesday and, at its peak, had 15 hearth engines, three specialist aerial home equipment and greater than 100 firefighters on the scene.

Andrew Hopkinson, chief hearth officer at Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, stated as many as 1,500 automobiles had been in the car park on the time – with as much as 1,200 believed to be broken.

Katie Forbes, 42, who lives on the outskirts of Coventry, had travelled to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands along with her husband, daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend, and is because of return on Friday.

The group, who parked in Car Park 2, have been pressured to rent a car for his or her return – with no info concerning the state of their automobile.

Ms Forbes informed the PA information company: “I’ve had no pleasure with Luton. I’ve heard nothing again, I’ve been tweeting them, every little thing, and nothing.

“I get it, they’re getting different individuals which can be going to the airport, however to me there’s been no apology, not as soon as has anyone stated ‘we’re sorry concerning the scenario’.

“We’re kind of left in limbo.”

Ms Forbes added her daughter had left her personal car keys in the parked car as effectively.

Read extra:
Video reveals second large fireball engulfs car park

Thomas Willett, 29, a content material supervisor for an actual property agency, from Essex, had travelled to Gran Canaria along with his accomplice, arriving on Tuesday night and had parked their car on the third flooring of Terminal Car Park 2.

“We don’t know if our car has been damaged or not, or how we will be getting home from the airport,” Mr Willett informed PA.

“Their duty of care should be to those whose vehicles have been impacted, but they seem to be replying to everyone else with other queries instead.”

Mr Willett is because of return dwelling on Sunday however stated: “Currently, we have no means of getting back home.”

Lucy Lynam, a 42-year-old accountant from Hertfordshire who needed to attend a convention in Majorca and parked her car on Tuesday morning, informed PA: “I’m parked on stage 2 towards the perimeter fence [facing row C], nearest the apron, which, from the movies, appears the place the majority of the harm has occurred.

“However, I’m nonetheless none the wiser as to the state of my car. I’d admire extra info as to the place the fireplace began based mostly on a map view, possibly with a plan of row letters and so forth so I can estimate the probability of the extent of injury to my car.

“I’m expecting the worst.”