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This is the dramatic second a automotive erupted into flames at Gatwick Airport this afternoon. Video footage captures the automotive smoking because it waits at an exit barrier – earlier than it shortly catches hearth and turns into engulfed in flames.

Explosions could be heard because the tyres burst – and the automotive quickly turns into fully destroyed. A witness to the incident stated the automotive – which seems to be a dark-coloured Volkswagen – pulled as much as the exit barrier in Car Park 6 and “started smoking”. The driver of a close-by AA van jumped out with a fireplace extinguisher and tried to are inclined to the incident, the onlooker stated – however nothing might cease the smoke. Flames started rising up out of the bonnet and the automotive quickly “erupted” into a fireplace, the person stated.

Firefighters arrived on scene shortly and the blaze has since been put out.

The witness, who wished to stay nameless, stated: “It was quite traumatic as it was a full on blaze.

“People have been screaming because the tyres have been blowing out – and it seemed like explosions or gunshots.

“I saw the whole thing.

“The car pulled as much as the boundaries after which it began smoking. A person in an AA van obtained out with a fireplace extinguisher however he could not put out the smoke.

“The smoke turned into flames and then the car erupted into a full blazing inferno.

“The pillar subsequent to the automotive even began catching hearth and burning.”

The man, who was on a seven-hour layover and had gone outside to get some fresh air, said he believes the driver escaped the fire.

He said: “An individual appeared to climb out of the automotive when it began smoking – however I could not actually see. I do not understand how many individuals there have been.”

A London Gatwick spokesperson stated: “The airport Fire Service responded to a vehicle fire outside a North Terminal car park this afternoon. The fire has now been resolved.

“Car access to the North Terminal was temporarily suspended while we dealt with the incident, but have since reopened.”

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was contacted for remark.