A parking garage fire at Newark Liberty International Airport that damaged more than a dozen vehicles has been extinguished.
Authorities say the fire began at shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday on the rooftop of the garage for the airport’s Terminal C.
Seventeen cars were damaged. The fire sent flames and heavy black smoke spewing into the air. No injuries have been reported.
The Newark Fire Department says the fire was brought under control shortly before 8 a.m.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, says other airport operations weren’t affected.
The Terminal C garage remained closed late Thursday morning.
The Newark Fire Department is investigating the cause of the blaze.
Photo from @ABC7NY in NYC – Dozens of cars catch fire at Newark Airport in the Terminal C parking garage. No injuries reported yet. pic.twitter.com/6ZZ2ewHXOf
— JimMacKayOnAir (@JimMacKayOnAir) January 31, 2019
#EWR Due to an active fire on the Terminal C parking garage rooftop, level 1 arrivals is closed. Please use levels 2 and 3 for passenger pick-up. [96]
— Newark Liberty Airport (@EWRairport) January 31, 2019
Fire in the parking lot at Newark airport. Hope no one got hurt. pic.twitter.com/qOErFy8r34
— Alisha (@alishahoresh827) January 31, 2019
A number of cars are on fire on the top floor of a parking garage at Newark Airport this morning.
Firefighters are battling the flames and the brutal cold. pic.twitter.com/OfYa7o7TSB
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 31, 2019
More footage from the fire at Newark Liberty International Airport! I hope everyone is safe! pic.twitter.com/9TaMvuGSGr
— Xavier D. Rucker (@KuddieZay) January 31, 2019
This fiery scene is from Newark Liberty International Airport. Authorities say at least 15 vehicles caught fire in a parking garage. RE-21TH pic.twitter.com/fwlfttvkB4
— CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) January 31, 2019
(AP)
2 Responses
Thank God there were no injuries or deaths. I think it’s appropriate to believe that those car owners won’t be responsible for the exuberant EWR parking costs (Upwards of $39 per day).
True but if you look on the back of the receipt it states that they are not responsible for damages as well .