Luton airport car park fire - started in an ICE car

[Moriarty]

Personally I resist conspiracy theories, though there are certainly many big conspiracies that were entirely true - like the cover up of child sexual abuse in churches over many decades, or the concealment of doping in sport, as examples. The thing is we have to draw conclusions based on evidence, and cross-check facts rather than relying on single or unreliable sources, and ask “does my answer make sense?”. In this case there is no evidence available either way and neither my suspicion that this is EV-related nor the news reporting a guy saying he reckons it was a diesel vehicle are credible or reliable. So we must wait and see. Scepticism is healthy so long as it does not turn into confirmation bias based on selective data or giving undue weight to what someone on the internet reckons. It’s good to ask the questions.

[GeeRam]

It’s difficult to understand how a conventional ICE vehicle fire could have had this result, especially when the car park is at an airport where there is so much firefighting equipment on hand. It sounds like the fire trucks were there quite quickly. Why couldn’t they put out the fire and how did it spread so fast and so catastrophically?

I think much more of an explanation is required and I still think an EV fire is the only thing I can readily understand to have caused something like this. I could be wrong about that but I do need more credible information than someone telling the BBC they reckon it was a diesel vehicle.

Phone video footage has already been circulating taken by another passenger walking through the car park, showing the suv (looks to be either a RR Evoque or a LR Freelander) already well ablaze in its parking bay, supposedly very soon after it had been parked.

I've seen speculation it could be a dpf regen issue maybe, but whether thats BS or not I don't know. However, that massive car park fire in that MS car park in Liverpool a few years before Covid, also was attributed to a fault in a diesel Range Rover IIRC.......so, maybe we need to ban all soot chucker RR's & LR's as well

[Col Lamb]

I blame you techie guys that want all singing and dancing Infotainment systems for the Luton fire.

Neil

Best Home to Airport journey and Return was by Exec Limo (turned out to be E Series but hey ho).

No parking hastle, walked out of departure hall on return and there was a guy holding up a clipboard with our Name on it.

Another time we flew out of Gatwick (stupid place to put an airport) booked hotel right next yo terminal, left car in their car park and had a restful night after a great meal, no hastle the next morning just an enclosed walkway to the Departure Hall.

Last long haul, parked at Manchester, Shuttle to Heathrow, reverse on return. No soddin M1/M26 to get stuck on.

Plenty of options.

[Col Lamb]

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[andreas]

We never heard the true cause of the car transporter that caught fire off the coast of Holland, or the one that sank off the Azores, all kept quiet

The Fremantle Highway was the ship off the Dutch coast. While the fire is still officially listed as under investigation, the trade Automobilwoche contends the preliminary survey and report say apparently the fire was not caused by electric cars.

The Felicity Ace sank near the Azores. As it's 10,000 feet down, we're unlikely ever to hear the cause of the fire.

[Ian.g]

I'm just in the process of booking somewhere at Heathrow T5 for 10 days next April. Thinking their Long Stay T5 looks tempting. It's outdoor , keep the keys , shuttle bus .... with luck I can avoid parking close to any EVs!
Suggestions of better options welcome...

Well based on the evidence available the best option is to park away from other ICE cars. Luton. Liverpool. Felicity Ace (all quoted above) started by ICE cars. Data suggests they are 10x more likely to catch fire than EVs. So yes, park well away from ICE cars

[Skyway]

I’d heard the opposite of this

[Tracky]

I'm just in the process of booking somewhere at Heathrow T5 for 10 days next April. Thinking their Long Stay T5 looks tempting. It's outdoor , keep the keys , shuttle bus .... with luck I can avoid parking close to any EVs!
Suggestions of better options welcome...

Don’t be so tight

POD parking is the only option for a Porsche owner

[Wing Commander]

We’re taking the bus to Heathrow T5 later this month.

[Tracky]

We’re taking the bus to Heathrow T5 later this month.

Is the bus yellow?