Evaluation of fire in Stavanger airport car park 7 January 2020
Series: RISE Report ; 2020:91Publication details: Trondheim : RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, 2020Description: 109 sISBN:- 9789189167766
On 7 January 2020 at approx. 15:25 hours a fire broke out in an Opel Zafira, parked on the ground floor in the car park at Stavanger airport Sola. The incident had huge financial consequences. The car park partly collapsed, several hundred vehicles were damaged, and the airport was shut down. Additionally, there were other safety related and financial consequences as a result of disruption of air traffic and spread of smoke to the airport area and surrounding areas. This report is commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) and the Norwegian Building Authority (DiBK). RISE Fire Research has been commissioned to evaluate the fire. The aim is to promote learning points for public benefit with regard to the extent of the fire, regulations, extinguishing efforts, structural design, effects on the environment and the role of electric vehicles in the fire development. Information has been collected via interviews, on-site inspection, contact with stakeholders, review of relevant regulations, documents and literature.