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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A burning car has been driven into the terminal building of Glasgow Airport in Scotland.
Police and witnesses described an SUV-style vehicle in flames being driven at full speed towards the building.
The incident comes with the UK already on alert for terror attacks a day after two cars loaded with explosives were discovered in London.
An eyewitness at the airport speaking to a British TV network said there appeared to be injuries. Images showed black smoke and flames rising from the vehicle just outside the building. Sirens could be heard in the background.
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.
Police said two people had been arrested, The Associated Press reported.
"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."
Airport authorities said the airport had been evacuated and all flights suspended.
In London police were examining the two cars 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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