London’s Heathrow Airport—one of the biggest travel hubs in the world—halted operations early on Friday and will remain closed throughout the day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a power outage, in a move that is likely to impact hundreds of thousands of passengers and disrupt global travel.
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The airport announced it was “experiencing a significant power outage,” due to a “fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport” and it will remain shut till 11:59 p.m. local time on Friday to maintain safety.
Heathrow warned that it expects “significant disruption over the coming days” and advised passengers to “not to travel to the airport” and instead contact their respective airlines for further information.
The London Fire Brigade announced that ten fire engines and 70 firefighters have been deployed to tackle the fire and said: “half of a transformer within the substation remains alight.”
This is a developing story.