A lorry has ignited next to a British Airways plane at Heathrow Airport.
The ground vehicle, which is utilized to transport the movable steps, caught fire this evening.
Enormous columns of dense, black smoke are visible billowing into the atmosphere with flames emanating from the lorry.
Images from the scene depict the fire raging almost directly beneath the tail of an A320 aircraft.
Smoke ascended above multiple terminal structures at the busiest airport in the United Kingdom.
Video footage showed firefighters employing water jets to extinguish the blaze that broke out a short distance from the terminal edifice.
Heathrow Airport confirmed that there were no passengers aboard the plane at the time.
A representative stated that the airport fire service promptly responded to the incident.
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