A multi-storey car park at Luton Airport which partially collapsed after being engulfed by fire did not have any sprinklers to help dampen the flames, it has emerged.
More than 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines worked for 12 hours battling the blaze, which began just before 9pm yesterday on the third floor of Terminal Car Park 2.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue service declared a major incident - with four firefighters and an airport worker taken to hospital with smoke inhalation and another firefighter treated at the scene - before the flames were extinguished just before 9am today.