Passengers were evacuated from Glasgow Airport and flights have been suspended after a blazing car crashed into the main terminal building around 3.15pm today.
The incident occurred just a day after a car bomb attack on central London was foiled, however, a police spokeswoman said it was too early to say whether the latest incident was terrorist related.
Witnesses said a blazing Cherokee jeep containing two men crashed into the doors of the terminal building. A man with his clothes on fire got out of the vehicle and was restrained by passengers.
One eyewitness said : "Some holidaymaker tried to restrain him, then the police came over and wrestled him to the ground - the fire was burning through his clothes - and finally put him out with a fire extinguisher."
Another eyewitness said one of the men had tried to open the boot of the vehicle but was not successful.
"Police tried to restrain him but the guy was quite strong and he started fighting off the police," he said.
Eyewitness Fiona Tracey, who had been picking up her daughter from the airport, said she believed people were injured in the incident.
"There were people injured, because I've seen them lying on the road," she said. "I was standing next to departures, I heard a great big massive bang, and then all the folk from departures were running through arrivals."
A spokesman for the airport's operators, the British Airports Authority, said emergency services were at the scene.
"A car is on fire at the entrance to the terminal and there is considerable smoke damage to the terminal. The terminal has been evacuated as a result of this and all flights have now been suspended," the spokesman said.
Glasgow Airport is the busiest of Scotland's international airports with approximately 8.8 million passengers a year travelling through it.
"This is the start of the busy summer holiday period, although Saturdays are less busy than week days. But this will cause disruption and our advice to passengers is to check with their airline to establish if their flight will be operating."
Two people have allegedly been arrested by police.
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They won't wake until after the attack...sorry to say...hope you are well.
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