Bristol Airport fire: Mystery surrounds blaze that ripped through car park and left five motors ‘completely destroyed’
A MYSTERY fire ripped through a car park in Bristol Airport leaving five motors “completely destroyed”.
Shocking footage captured by onlookers shows the blaze engulfing cars within the open-air Silver Zone car park in flames yesterday.
Witnesses watched on in horror as the fire tore through the packed car park with thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
Multiple fire crews raced from Bedminster Fire Station to attend the scene whilst the airport fire service began tackling the blaze.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service and Bristol Airport’s own fire crew worked together yesterday to tackle the fire, which set alight 11 cars and “completely destroyed” four or five.
The blaze began at around 10am on Sunday and is not being treated as suspicious as it believed to have been caused by “accidental ignition”.
Bristol Airport was forced to shut its runway for a short period of time as fire crews tried to snuff out the flames.
But brave fire crews managed to extinguish the blaze by around 12pm.
The fire service confirmed that the extent of the damage of the parked motors from the raging blaze ranged from 20 to 100 per cent.
Bristol Airport confirmed that there were no injuries caused by the inferno.
According to a spokesperson from Avon Fire and Rescue, two appliances were dispatched from Bedminster.
Breathing apparatuses were used by both Avon Fire and Rescue and Bristol Airport’s fire crew, with three hose wheel jets owned by the former also used.
Bristol Airport confirmed to The Sun that it would be contacting the owners of the affected vehicles “as soon as possible”.
They added that they have already been in touch with “most owners” of the damaged cars and would be contacting the rest today.
A question mark surrounds the exact cause of yesterday’s fire with “accidental ignition” said to be to blame, according to Avon Fire and Rescue Service.
But it is yet to be confirmed what type of vehicle caused the blame and the exact value of damage caused.
A Bristol Airport spokesperson said: “There were no diversions and delays to flights were minor.
“A parked car caught fire in our Silver Zone car park, which is an open-air car park to the south of our runway.
“The fire spread to a small number of vehicles. There were no injuries, and the fire was quickly put out by the emergency services.
“We’ve already been in contact with most of the owners of the damaged cars, including all of those who were returning yesterday and today.
“We’ll be contacting the small remaining number as a priority this morning.”