Gatwick Airport train station evacuated and emergency services scrambled to fire

WEST SUSSEX, ENGLAND. AUGUST 28. Aerial photograph of Britain's second busiest airfield, Gatwick Air (Image: Getty Images)

Firefighters have been called to a fire involving a passenger train at Gatwick Airport railway station, West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said.

A spokesperson for West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said: “We are currently responding to a small fire involving a passenger train at Gatwick railway station, South Terminal.

“Crews from West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service and Gatwick Fire & Rescue Service are at the scene.

“All passengers are off the train and the railway station has been evacuated.

“The station is closed while firefighters respond to the incident.”