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Tens of thousands of passengers were caught up in disruption earlier today after Terminal Car Park 2 at Luton Airport suffered a "significant structural collapse" following a fire.

Up to 1,500 vehicles were thought to have been in the car park at the time, while hundreds of people were stranded at the airport.

However, flights are now returning and the main roads around the area have also re-opened - although delays are expected on the airport approach.

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Flights resumed just after 15:00 BST but anyone hoping to use Luton Airport in the coming days has been urged to check before travelling.

Javeria Hussain, chair of Luton Rising, the council company that owns the airport, said: "This is a major operation and we are working extremely closely with the operator to ensure it's business as usual for the airport as quickly as possible.

"Disruption is likely to continue until travelling to the airport becomes normal again and passengers should check with their airline."

Tens of thousands of passengers are thought to have been caught up in the disruption that followed the fire.

One man said he felt angry and was unsure if his car was among those destroyed.

Another passenger left stranded without her car said she was "frustrated" at a lack of information.

People who saw the car park fire at Luton Airport on Thursday described a "horrific" scene that looked "like a flame-thrower".

One witness said he heard repeated explosions as fuel tanks exploded in the burning building.

If you're just joining us, flights have now resumed at Luton Airport, but here's what you may have missed earlier:

• Crews battled a huge fire in a car park at Luton Airport overnight, after it broke out on level three of the terminal two car park at about 20:45 BST on Tuesday
• It is thought to have started in a diesel car and spread rapidly
• A major incident was declared - but has now been stood down
• The fire, which caused "significant structural collapse", has now been extinguished
• All flights were suspended but resumed from 15:00

• Main roads around the area have also re-opened, but delays are expected on the airport approach
• Four firefighters and a staff member were treated for smoke inhalation

Firefighters remain at the scene of the blaze at Luton Airport but main roads around the area have now reopened, external.

A spokesperson for the fire service said: "Crews continue to work with the airport fire service to monitor hotspots."

An investigation into the cause of what happened is continuing.

Footage has emerged of a burning car, which could have started the massive car park fire at Luton Airport.

The video was said to have been taken shortly after the fire began on the third floor of the car park, late on Tuesday evening.

The woman who filmed the car was there to pick up relatives.

“We saw there is a fire [but] the fire extinguisher from this floor was used so we went to another floor to take another. But at that moment when we came to the car it exploded and we couldn’t come near," she said.

Jo Black
Reporting from Luton Airport

A little while ago I spoke to a man whose car is trapped in the car park next to the partially collapsed multi-storey.

Colin Foster says he doesn’t yet know if it’s been damaged.

He was travelling to Luton last night after a holiday in Egypt and was diverted to Bristol with 45 minutes still left to go on the flight.

The 55-year-old and his wife spent £300 on a taxi home to Buckinghamshire, but then travelled to Luton this morning because they understood they would be allowed to collect their car.

Unfortunately, they haven’t been allowed to remove it.

He tells me there's "obviously a huge amount of miscommunication" that's happened in the wake of the fire.

“We’ve emailed the airport and have been told we’ll have to wait five more days to get a response."

A Ryanair flight headed to Cork in Ireland has just taken off from Luton Airport.

It comes shortly after a Wizz Air service from Cardiff landed safely.

Catherine Byaruhanga
Reporting from Luton Airport

Image source, Catherine Byaruhanga/BBC

Jareena Sarabatta and her husband Gian are due to fly to Turkey this afternoon to celebrate their 47th wedding anniversary.

They are travelling with her aunt and uncle but were waiting for information about when their flight would be.

"We’re just going with the flow", she said as they sat with a burger in the terminal.

Their airline says they should be able to fly later this evening but they’re not sure.

"We’ve heard nothing from our airline.

"It’s no-one’s fault what has happened but there should at least be someone to pick up the phone."

Despite being frustrated, Jareena is choosing to stay cheerful, saying: "We could have been in that car park when the fire began. At least we weren’t."

The family live an hour and a half away from the airport and will head home if their flight is cancelled.

This is what's left of Terminal Car Park 2 at Luton Airport after a huge fire caused the structure to partially collapse.

Catherine Byaruhanga
Reporting from Luton Airport

A few minutes before flights were due to resume at 15:00, passengers were starting to be directed to their departure gates.

I saw some people going through security as well.

The first flight has taken off from Luton Airport since it was closed last night.

It was a private jet, rather than a commercial airline flight.

Departures boards are now showing some flights departing at 15:00 BST, in line with when the airport hoped they would resume.

They include a Ryanair flight to Lanzarote - Arrecife airport, which was originally due to leave at 06:25.

Another 15:00 departure is a Ryanair flight to Cork, which was scheduled at 13:00.

These should be the first flights to depart, 18 hours after the fire broke out.

Image source, Luton Airport

Cristina Cristea's car is still stuck in the car park next to the one where the fire broke out, but she was relieved to find out it hasn't been damaged.

The 25-year-old, who works at a dry cleaners and a restaurant, had to pay to stay in a local hotel overnight and has missed a day of work.

An airport worker told her around lunchtime that no cars would be coming out of the car park for the next few hours.

She had been at her sister's wedding in Romania and landed back at Luton at around 20:00 BST, hearing sirens afterwards.

"At first we thought it was shotguns or something as we couldn't see any flames, then we saw what happened," she said. "Thank God our car isn't affected."

Insurance companies should cover cars damaged or destroyed in the fire, an industry body has reassured drivers.

In a statement, the Association of British Insurers confirmed fire damage was covered under comprehensive and third-party insurance plans.

The group advised drivers to contact their provider to make a claim, adding that it was "too early to estimate the insured cost of the fire".

It also said people whose travel plans had been affected should contact their airlines to check what compensation they were eligible for.

"Some travel polices may offer limited cover for delays or any abandonment of travel," it added.

The online departures board for London Luton Airport has the first flight scheduled to take off at 16:00 BST.

That would be nearly 19 hours after the fire first broke out.

Official communications from the airport, however, currently say flights should restart at 15:00 BST.

Image source, Luton Airport

John Shaw, 30, from Oxford, was told by call handlers he was the first person to call 999 after spotting the fire at Luton Airport at 20:45 BST.

He was returning from a family trip to Romania with his partner and nine-month-old daughter.“We were sat there not knowing what to do, whether to evacuate or not. Everybody was in a state of panic and then it starts spreading to the floor above," he said.

“As this happens my car comes into sight in the car park. I get my daughter, partner and luggage into the car and evacuate as quickly as possible.

“We could hear explosions as well and were worried about things flying off, like bits of shrapnel.

“As soon as we got in the car I headed for the exit as quickly as possible.

“We were fortunate. If our flight was delayed or if we were a few minutes longer collecting our luggage we may not have been able to get our car out of the car park," he said.

Emergency services are currently building an access road into the unaffected car park at the airport.

This is so people can retrieve their cars while work is carried out on the damaged areas.

Workmen and construction vehicles were spotted digging up land next the car park for the new road.

With restrictions still in place in some areas of the airport and surrounding area, there have been questions about what passengers should do when arriving.

Luton Airport says it has created a temporary drop-off area in the mid-stay car park.

Both it and the long stay car park are fully operational, the airport says.

Anyone with a vehicle in Terminal Car Parks One and Two, or who was due to park there, should contact luton.customerservices@apcoa.com for help.