London’s Heathrow Airport still shut down Friday after ongoing ‘catastrophic’ fire sparks massive power outage
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At least 1,300 flights are expected to be canceled at what is one of the world’s busiest airports, due to the ” significant power outage”. It has happened as a result of a continuing large blaze at North Hyde Electricity Substation, more than 150 homes have also been evacuated.
Heathrow latest LIVE: Counter-terrorism police investigate fire that has caused airport shutdown and flights chaos … Evening Standard
Josh Salisbury 12 minutes ago Counter-terrorism police are being drafted in to investigate an electricity substation fire that has closed Heathrow Airport for the whole of Friday, sparking global travel chaos.
Tens of thousands lost their travel plans today as all Heathrow terninals remain without electricity.
Airline shares are hard hit at the closure of the UK’s main airport
Officials called it an accident but speculation is rife that the fire is sabotage.
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Airport officials announced the UK’s London Heathrow airport would be closed all of Friday and have not given a timetable for when air traffic will be resumed .
Six schools forced to close due to substation fire Six local schools have been closed following the substation fire in Hayes, Hillingdon Council said.
London’s Heathrow Airport has been shut down all day after a “catastrophic” fire sparked a massive power outage.
At least 1,300 flights are expected to be canceled at what is one of the world’s busiest airports, served by British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Delta Air Lines and other firms, due to the ” significant power outage”. It has happened as a result of a large blaze at North Hyde Electricity Substation, which is in Hayes, west London, following which more than 150 homes have been evacuated.
Heathrow latest LIVE: Planes diverted mid-air as fire shuts airport …
More than 600 flights were due to land at Heathrow on Friday – carrying up to 145,000 people. Worst affected is British Airways, which had been due to operate 341 flights with 67,962 seats.
For a full list of cancelled flights, visit here.
25,000 litres of oil were alight after blaze – fire officials
The substation fire in Hayes which knocked out power to Heathrow involved 25,000 litres of cooling oil fully alight, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said..
Speaking to broadcasters at the scene in Hayes, London Fire Brigade deputy commissioner Jonathan Smith said the brigade recieved more than 200 calls to the fire.
“The fire involved a transformer comprising of 25,000 litres of cooling oil fully alight,” he said.
“This created a major hazard due to the still live high-voltage equipment and the nature of the oil-fuelled fire.”
The Metropolitan Police declared a major incident
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