London’s Heathrow Airport interrupts its operation on Friday for the whole day. The reason is a large fire in the nearby substation, which results in a significant power outage. This stems from a statement quoted by Sky News. A fire whose cause is not currently known is trying to extinguish approximately 70 firefighters with ten pieces of technology, He writes TASR.
The transformer fire in the transformer in Hayes in the west of the metropolitan part of London, which is about 2.5 kilometers from the airport, reported on Thursday shortly before midnight. According to the media, more than 16,000 households are without a stream, approximately 150 people had to be preventively evacuated.
“In order to maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow Airport will be closed on 21 March to 23.59 local time (Saturday to 00.59 HV CET),” It is stated in a statement published on the website of the busiest airport in Europe.
It is expected that a significant interruption of the airport operation will be in the coming days. According to the spokesman, “passengers should not travel to the airport under any circumstances until it is open”. Sky News has also appealed to the Flightradar24 portal, according to which at least 120 flights to Heathrow from different directions will have to be diverted. The first of the aircraft was originally supposed to land at 05.00 local time.
