Britain's Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of Friday (March 21) after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world.
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00:00Britain's Heathrow Airport will remain closed throughout Friday after a massive fire at
00:07a nearby electrical substation triggered a widespread power outage, severely disrupting
00:12global flight schedules.
00:14The London Fire Brigade deployed around 70 firefighters to battle the blaze, which caused
00:19Heathrow, Europe's busiest and the world's fifth busiest airport, to lose power.
00:25Approximately 150 people were evacuated from nearby buildings, while thousands of properties
00:31remain without electricity.
00:34According to flight tracking website Flightradar24, at least 120 inbound flights had to be diverted
00:40to other airports, while 1,351 flights were scheduled to land and take off at Heathrow
00:46on Friday.
00:48The unprecedented shutdown is expected to cause major disruptions to global travel,
00:53tourism and trade, with no clear timeline for power restoration.
00:57Meanwhile, homes and businesses near the affected area remain in darkness as emergency crews
01:03work to contain the situation.
01:06Authorities have enforced a 200-metre safety cordon around the fire zone as investigations
01:11begin into the cause of the blaze.
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