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Stansted resumes operations after fire led to cancelled flights

Police say the fire was the result of an accident
Police say the fire was the result of an accident

Stansted Airport has resumed operations today after the main terminal was evacuated yesterday afternoon when a passenger shuttle bus caught fire outside the building.

The blaze was caused by an electrical fault in the bus engine. The bus was completely destroyed. The driver was the only person on board and nobody was injured.

All flights had to be cancelled after the incident, including many to Ireland.

Departures at Britain's fourth-busiest airport, 50km northeast of London, were scrapped for the rest of yesterday but all flights resumed as normal on today.