A huge fire inside a multi-storey car park at Luton Airport could have been put out faster if a suitable sprinkler system had been installed, a report has concluded.

Newham Council is the first local authority to prosecute successfully a building owner that failed to remove dangerous cladding from a residential high-rise. 

The fire which caused the partial collapse of a car park at London Luton Airport last week shows why sprinklers should be a requirement, a fire safety organisation has said.