Taxi bursts into flames at Glasgow Airport

Fire services have been forced to deal with an emergency incident at Glasgow Airport after a car, believed to be a taxi, suddenly caught fire.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Feb 2016, 14:59 BST
Updated 14th Feb 2016, 15:09 BST

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The vehicle on fire outside the terminal building. Picture: BBC/@BBCEleanorGThe vehicle on fire outside the terminal building. Picture: BBC/@BBCEleanorG
The vehicle on fire outside the terminal building. Picture: BBC/@BBCEleanorG

The vehicle was situated right outside the terminal building and was caught on video engulfed in flames.

Emergency services arrived on the scene shortly after 2pm and successfully managed to put out the fire.

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Police Scotland said: ““At around 1.55pm hours on Sunday, February 14, police and emergency services responded to an electrical fire within a vehicle outside the main terminal building of Glasgow Airport.

“The fire was extinguished and the vehicle will be recovered in due course. The airport is operating as normal.”

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