Car bursts into flames at Gatwick airport in England

A car burst into flames at Gatwick airport in England on Sunday (local time). Firefighters raced to the scene of the blaze at around 1.30pm after the vehicle set alight, causing car access to the North Terminal to be temporarily suspended. A witness said the car had pulled up to the exit barrier in Car Park 6 before it “started smoking”. The driver of a nearby AA van jumped out with a fire extinguisher and tried to put the fire out, the onlooker said. Another witness said they believed the driver had escaped the fire, but that smoke had obscured their vision. Two fire engines from West Sussex Fire and Rescue (WSFRS) put out the fire at around 2pm. Daniel Connelly, who was returning from a holiday in Benidorm when he saw the car engulfed in flames, said: “We were coming out of the terminal and we thought we could smell something burning. As we came further round we saw this vehicle absolutely engulfed in flames.” A London Gatwick spokesman said: “The airport Fire Service responded to a vehicle fire outside a North Terminal car park this afternoon. The fire has now been resolved. “Car access to the North Terminal was temporarily suspended while we dealt with the incident, but have since reopened.” A spokesman for WSFRS said: “At approximately 13.23 on Sunday we received a call reporting a car fire at Gatwick airport. Two fire engines were immediately immobilised to the scene and the fire, which had spread to the car park barriers, was extinguished just after 2pm.“The North Terminal car park has now fully reopened and is accessible to the public.”<br/>