Cars to be removed from Luton Airport car park after insurer discussions

Around 100 vehicles will now be removed from the top deck of the car park that caught fire at Luton Airport after discussions with insurers.

A statement released yesterday (22 October 2023) said the vehicles would be stored in a safe compound and that the airport will work with insurance firms over the process of recovery.

The fire broke out in the terminal two car park earlier this month (10 October 2023) and caused the multi-storey building to collapse.

Neil Thompson, operations director at Luton Airport, said removing the cars from the car park would help stabilise the structure.

“Once removed, these cars will be stored in a safe compound and we will contact customers and work with insurers to inform them of the process of recovery for those cars,” he added.

“Only then will it be possible to assess the condition of those cars.”

Other vehicles

Around 1,405 vehicles are believed to have been affected by the blaze.

In a statement released last week (15 October 2023), Luton Airport said it was working with the ABI to see if personal possessions could be retrieved.

Thompson said that a decision was close to being made as to what will happen with the other vehicles in the multi-storey car park, despite not being able to access them.

“Having worked with our engineers, experts and insurers, we are getting closer every day to making a final decision on what is going to happen to the car park and the vehicles contained within it,” he added.

“For all other vehicles in the car park, the assessment remains largely unchanged, which is that no cars can currently be accessed or removed from the car park.

“The structure remains fundamentally unsafe and the adverse weather over the last few days hasn’t helped.”