A Friday afternoon fire in Jacksonville International Airport’s hourly parking garage disrupted travel plans and stranded vehicles, forcing officials to close the structure and establish temporary alternatives for rental car returns.

Due to the hourly garage fire at the Jacksonville International Airport, a temporary rental car return area was opened.

Jacksonville Transportation Authority buses were brought to the airport on Friday to assist fliers impacted by the parking garage fire.

Firefighters were unable to enter the hourly garage at Jacksonville International Airport after a multi-vehicle fire partially collapsed the structure on Friday, according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Keith Powers.

At least six flights that were scheduled to land at the Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) Friday afternoon were diverted to different airports following a multi-vehicle fire that broke out in the hourly garage of JAX.

A major fire that shut down Jacksonville International Airport on Friday afternoon left structural damage in the hourly parking garage, the Jacksonville Aviation Authority confirmed to News4JAX.

The city issued the permit on April 14 for contractor Balfour Beatty Construction LLC at a project cost of $92 million, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported.

Officials said 50 cars were damaged after a fire broke out in the hourly garage at the Jacksonville International Airport on Friday afternoon. The airport is expected to reopen at 5 p.m.