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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/30/london.alert/index.html
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A burning car has been rammed into the terminal building of Glasgow Airport in Scotland, triggering a new terror scare with the UK already on alert over the discovery of two cars loaded with the explosive materials in London.
Police and witnesses described an SUV-style vehicle in flames being driven at full speed towards the building.
Two people were arrested at the scene, police said in a statement. It was not immediately clear whether there were any injuries, although unconfirmed witness reports described a man on fire at the scene.
Images showed black smoke and flames rising from the vehicle just outside the building.
Witnesses said the car crashed into security barriers protecting an entrance to the airport's international arrivals terminal.
A witness told Sky News that a man had fled from the car as it struck the building and been immediately wrestled to the ground by police.
"The jeep is completely on fire and it exploded not long after. It exploded at the entrance to the terminal," one witness, Stephen Clarkson, told the BBC.
"It may have been an explosion of petrol in the tank because it was not a massive explosion."
Witnesses tell of airport horror
Airport authorities said the airport, Scotland's busiest, had been evacuated and all flights suspended.
In London police were examining two cars filled with fuel, gas canisters and nails and studying CCTV footage for clues about the identities of those behind a suspected terrorist plot that could have killed hundreds.
Officers have a "crystal clear" CCTV image of a man "staggering" from the first car after parking it outside a West End nightclub, ABC News in the United States reported. Scotland Yard refused to comment.
New Prime Minister Gordon Brown went to Scotland Yard on Saturday morning for an update on the investigation from senior police.
A Downing Street spokesman told the Press Association: "It was a private meeting. Mr. Brown was briefed on the current security situation and thanked frontline staff."
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