Huge fire closes UK’s Heathrow Airport, hundreds of flights disrupted

Summary

  • Heathrow to be closed all of Friday
  • Flights diverted around the world
  • Fire at substation still raging

LONDON, March 21 – Britain’s Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world.

The London Fire Brigade said around 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze in the west of London, which caused a mass power outage at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest and the world’s fifth-busiest airport.

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