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• Travel chaos as Heathrow airport closes after blaze at electrical substation

  21-03-2025 07:14
  
  More than 1,300 flights expected to be affected after airport closes down for all of Friday due to a substation fireLive coverage: significant travel disruption expectedCounter terror police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” electrical substation fire that has closed down London Heathrow, stopping more than 1,300 flights as engineers tried to restore power to the airport on Friday.Airlines face days of disruption with hundreds of thousands of scheduled passengers
  
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• Substation fire in Hayes, London causes widespread outages and Heathrow airport closure – video

  21-03-2025 04:59
  
  A fire at an electrical substation in west London has left more than 16,000 homes without power, and forced more than 100 people to evacuate. London's Heathrow airport released a statement saying 'to maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March.'Hayes fire: Heathrow airport closed after blaze at electrical substation in west London Continue reading...
  
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