Two firefighters killed fighting inferno at Bordeaux airport

Barney Davis | Night News Editor Published July 21, 2026 7:07pm Updated July 21, 2026 7:08pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Flights were grounded at Bordeaux Airport after a huge fire nearby killed two firefighters. The fire erupted from a nearby building on Avenue Roland Garros, close to the airport’s car park, at around 2.30pm on Tuesday. Huge plumes of smoke spread across the sky as one hectare of land went up in flames France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed that two firefighters had died while attempting to extinguish the blaze. Smoke billows from an outbuilding close to the runway at Bordeaux A number of flights scheduled to arrive at Bordeaux–Mérignac airport have been delayed while others wer