Disasters · Airport parking fireSalt Lake airport fire: 12 vehicles damaged, all affected cars towedAired October 24, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTCWritten October 24, 2026 at 12:29 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Fire damaged 12 vehicles in an airport parking lot.0:10All affected cars have been towed from Salt Lake City International Airport.0:14Nobody was injured.0:15Investigators have identified the car where the fire started, but what made it0:19ignite is still unresolved.0:20Firefighters responded to the airport's economy parking lot at about 6 in the0:24morning on October 23rd, 2026.0:27The fire began in one vehicle and spread to other parked cars at the airport in Salt0:31Lake City, Utah.0:32The fire department counted 12 damaged vehicles.0:35Airport spokesperson Nancy Vollmer later estimated 11 or 12 impacted cars.0:41Officials haven't announced a formal revision to the fire department's total, so the0:45later estimate leaves a small difference in the count.0:47Those figures count cars damaged or impacted by the fire.0:51The extent of the damage to each vehicle hasn't been detailed, so the total alone0:55doesn't tell owners how much repair work their cars may need.0:59Wind helped the flames reach nearby cars.1:01The fire department says the vehicle's proximity also allowed the fire to spread.1:05Investigators have traced it back to the vehicle where it began, giving them a1:09starting point for examining what went wrong.1:11Investigators are examining a possible electrical malfunction.1:14The fire department hasn't confirmed that as the cause.1:17Finding the car where the flames began gives investigators somewhere to focus, but1:21they still have to determine what caused that vehicle to catch fire.1:24For affected owners, their damaged cars have now been removed from the airport lot.1:29Where to collect them and what towing and repairs will cost are the next practical1:33questions.1:33Those arrangements and the total financial losses haven't been released.1:37Investigators are still working to determine what ignited the first vehicle.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗