Chaos has erupted after a car burst into flames at Heathrow Airport's terminal 3 car park.
Footage from the car park showed orange flames in the background as thick grey smoke billowed from the site.
A Heathrow spokeswoman said: "Earlier this morning our teams responded to a small vehicle fire in the Multi Storey Car Park for Terminal 3".
"The fire was quickly extinguished," the spokeswoman added.
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"The car park is temporarily closed which may cause some congestion on surrounding roads.
"This is an isolated incident and all other car parks at Heathrow are operating as normal."
The spokeswoman apologised to "passengers for any inconvenience".
The fire sparked chaos as the tunnel heading to Terminals 2 and 3 were closed.
Outside the car park at Terminal 3 where smoke can be seen in the air
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Buses travelling to Heathrow were also forced to terminate after the car burst into flames.
A statement from Arriva Herts & Essex on X stated: "Good morning, due to a fire in Heathrow, the 724 service will be unable to serve the Greenways stop or Lees Road stop in both directions".
"The buses will be terminating and starting from Terminal 5," the statement concluded.
Heathrow, Hayes and Feltham firefighters have rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze.
Smoke billowing from the car park
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Emergency services have indicated that eight calls were received with the first being just after 9am.
It is understood four fire crews with about 25 firefighters were sent to the car park.
While the cause of the fire is still unknown, the vehicle is believed to have burst into flames about 9am.
The Heathrow spokeswoman added that there were no reported injuries and the car park has been reopened.
"The airport continues to operate as normal," she said.
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