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Was the Luton Airport Fire Caused by an Electric Vehicle?

by Will Jones
4 November 2023 7:00 AM

Was the Luton airport fire caused by an electric vehicle? The official line is that it was a diesel-powered vehicle. However, a video of the fire in its early stages has been noted by many on social media to appear to show a Range Rover Evoque ablaze on the passenger side at the front.

The Range Rover Evoque has mild hybrid EV (MHEV) models which have been recalled in at least one country because of a fault that caused the lithium ion battery located under the passenger seat to short and catch fire.

The Telegraph‘s Allison Pearson notes there “was none of the thick black smoke you would expect with a diesel fire”.

It seems odd that no further details – such as confirmation of the make and model of the car – have yet been put into the public domain. Is that because they would confirm it was a hybrid and detract from the official ‘diesel vehicle’ line?

The blaze, which involved up to 1,500 vehicles that are unlikely to be salvageable, caused the car park to partially collapse.

Worries about electric vehicle fires have been increasing. Recently a family home was lit on fire after their electric car reportedly exploded while sitting in their driveway. In July an electric car was blamed for a fire on a cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 vehicles in the North Sea which killed one person and forced others to jump overboard. London Fire Brigade says it responds to an electric vehicle fire every two days. Insurance for electric vehicles has become increasingly expensive and hard to obtain. The Government has been advised that car park spaces should become wider to mitigate the fire risk from electric vehicles.

The fire service has said a full investigation is under way into the airport fire but it is not known how long it will take to complete. The results of this investigation should clarify the role of any lithium battery in starting the blaze and are eagerly awaited.

Tags: Electric CarElectric vehicleNet Zero

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FerdIII
FerdIII
2 years ago

Few if any of these criminals read it. I guess many more of us, the whackjobs-conspiracy idiots read it. I did watch the small group ‘debate’ this measure with Bridgen in attendance. It was obvious few had read it. Again and again these idiots said they don’t believe in conspiracy theories -whatever the hell that means – and the Stabbies were a great success and ‘saved us’. The UK is a leader blah blah. The UK will form the treaty and its implementation blah blah. Everyone knows we are a sovereign state blah blah.

These MPs are criminals. Their bank accounts full of Pharma pounds. They are dumb, graft ridden, inarticulate, gutless, globalists. Most of them fully supported the Rona fascism and wanted more of it.

Do you think they care about a ‘treaty’ giving up our ‘rights’ whatever is left of them, to a terrorist org like the WHO?

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disgruntled246
disgruntled246
2 years ago
Reply to  FerdIII

Let’s face it, they didn’t read the Maastricht Treaty either. Why are we surprised?

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Sceptical Steve
Sceptical Steve
2 years ago
Reply to  disgruntled246

As I recall, the Maastricht Treaty was specifically crafted to avoid anyone understanding its contents. Ultimately, European Law ensured that the treaty could be interpreted in any way the European Commission dictated.

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varmint
varmint
2 years ago

Politicians vote for many things they don’t understand. ———-It seems you don’t need to understand things because even if you do then you are going to often vote to get the majority your party needs anyway. How many politicians truly understand the complexity of the issue of climate? I suggest very few, and as in the media, when things are heavily politicised like climate and covid are, then in comes the group think, and if you don’t care to participate in the group think consensus type of thing, then you won’t be allowed to stay in your position. If David Attenborough was a climate sceptic do we really think he would be on the BBC? ——–No chance.

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For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
2 years ago

I understand the concerns and share them, but on a practical level what sanctions can be applied to a sovereign nation which fails to follow WHO directives?

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  For a fist full of roubles

Exactly.

The rule of law is shattered now. Over the last three years the authorities have twisted, ignored, and reinvented absolutely any and every law as it has suited. The suggestion that this WHO treaty is legally binding is complete and utter BS. The reality is that it is not worth the paper it is written on.

Furthermore, any British parliament which thinks it is free to sign up to such a treaty is in itself guilty of breaking the law of this country. The Sovereignty of this country is not within the hands of parliament to be donated to whomever they conclude is offering the biggest bung.

There could be no legality in breaking National laws and then going on to state that a new International law is legally binding, that would be simply Orwellian….

….whoops😒

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

For a slightly more detailed explanation of what I am saying have a read of Dr McGrogan’s piece on the Raab kerfuffle.

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LaptopMaestro
LaptopMaestro
2 years ago
Reply to  For a fist full of roubles

A better question is how to dispose of the bodies of politicians that attempt to enforce it.

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Myra
Myra
2 years ago
Reply to  For a fist full of roubles

One of my worries is that the U.K. government could fully abdicate its responsibility by following the WHO ‘experts’. The government would not have to think critically and if the end result is a disaster it was not the fault of the government…

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Epi
Epi
2 years ago
Reply to  Myra

Bingo! Got it in one.

PS yes that’s my tick.

PPS “Government critical thinking” has to be an oxymoron.

Last edited 2 years ago by Epi
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NeilofWatford
NeilofWatford
2 years ago

Sorry, wrong reason.
The Sunak/Hunt alliance has only one purpose and that is globalism. Literally everything they’ve done is to that end.
The WHO is a big piece of the plan.
Let’s focus on the signal, not the noise please.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
2 years ago

“Danny Kruger pointed out: 

Global threats that defy borders require global co-operation, and it is certainly true to say that this country was not sufficiently prepared for the pandemic when it broke out

Dear Mr Kruger, there was no pandemic.

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Benthic
Benthic
2 years ago

its the same amount of politicians who read the Lisbon Treaty.

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
2 years ago

One of the quotes from Danny Kruger must be challenged. It was not the case that we were unprepared for Covid. The problem was that carefully considered plans and measures were thrown out overnight and faulty alternatives were applied.

I recall an IRA bomb exploded in the City. It has been reported and not refuted that the top UK Board of HSBC met from early morning within range of a potential second bomb to consider what to do to protect staff, the business snd customers. After lunch they decided to activate a DR plan which had been approved by the same board months before but presumably not read.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
2 years ago
Reply to  EppingBlogger

Quite right. Having worked many a flu season in an NHS hospital we’ve always managed because we always expected it to be busier over the winter months. Never ever did we require ‘pop-up’ hospitals, that didn’t even get used in the end, but then never ever did we test staff to see if they were ”ill” and tell them to stay home if they got a ”positive” even if they felt perfectly fine, we never wore masks or forced them on the public, we never repeatedly tested our patients for a respiratory virus, especially when that isn’t even why they were admitted, and I’ve certainly never ever witnessed hospital staff rehearsing dance routines in their break times.
Back then the only ‘theatre’ I experienced was the operating theatre but it would appear that from early 2020 onwards the entire NHS as an organization turned into a performing one! 🙁

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Mogwai

“…it would appear that from early 2020 onwards the entire NHS as an organization turned into a performing one! 🙁”

Aye, and it’s still performing.

(Northern humour).

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Sforzesca
Sforzesca
2 years ago

It’s irrelevant. They and virtually all other “governments” are so far down the pyramid of power that it’s almost laughable. When was the last time anything important was even debated in Parliament?

The real question is precisely why are the strings being pulled?
-Global Warming
-Pandemics/bigpharma
-The feared loss of control, wealth and power enjoyed by the “Elite” mainly in the so called democratic, lol, West- aka the big family/banks/investment houses presently in control of the world’s wealth generated and perpetuated by the giant world wide Ponzi/Money Printing Schemes created by the deliberate imposition of Fiat Currency encouraged after WW2.

My money’s on the third. The other two are just useful control mechanisms being imposed on us by our democratically elected idiots at the behest of their masters.

The real threat to The RPTB are sceptics worldwide and those countries not yet in the club.
Hence we are at war with Russia via poor Ukraine, maybe China to come – and sceptics worldwide are being silenced.

As an aside just ask yourself what would happen if all countries simultaneously stated they would never repay any of their “debts” to the Elite?
Germany tried that on their own in the lead-up to/cause of WW2.

We’re already in WW3 but only us sceptics realise.

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prod_squadron
prod_squadron
2 years ago

Interesting the language they use: “appalling subculture”, “descending into the dark world”. They see themselves as lofty and those that disagree with them as waaaay beneath them.

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
2 years ago

MPs promote medical dictatorship
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Anonymous
Anonymous
2 years ago

An excellent appraisal. It was absolutely obvious to anyone watching the debate that those in support of the proposals had not actually read or understood them. Those supporting the petition showed excellent grasp of the details and the implications.
The comment by Steve Brine the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee stating that the UK was the second largest contributor to WHO funding was grossly misleading. 88% of funds comes from private donors with obvious vested interests and is earmarked for very tightly controlled uses. The ‘s contribution is minuscule by comparison and it’s specific use is not determined or controlled by the UK.

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