Black smoke over Bristol Airport after mobile generator catches fire
It's now been put out
Last updated 2nd May 2025
A blaze - which saw smoke billowing over Bristol Airport this morning - has now been fully extinguished.
There have been a few minor delays, after a ground power unit caught alight.
That's a small, mobile generator that is used to provide power to an aircraft when it is on a stand.
It's understood it happened near an empty Ryanair plane.
A spokesperson from Bristol Airport said: "A ground power unit (GPU) caught fire this morning.
"This was quickly extinguished by our fire team and there were no injuries."
A spokesperson from Ryanair told us: “This flight from Bristol to Fuerteventura (2 May) was delayed due to a ground power unit (GPU) catching fire at Bristol Airport.
"This flight departed for Fuerteventura at 8.35am local time.”