They evacuate part of Heathrow Airport in London. One of its four terminals has been evacuated and closed on Monday while firefighters responded to what emergency services described as a “Possible incident with hazardous materials.”
Heathrow, who is one of the busiest airports in Europe, has reported on his social networks that his terminal 4 had been closed while emergency services attended the incident, and that The rest of the terminals continued to operate normally.
“Specialized equipment has been deployed to carry out an evaluation of the place, and terminal 4 has been evacuated as a precautionary measure while firefighters respond,” said a spokesman for the British capital service spokesman for the British capital through an email to the agency Reuters. In addition, He added that they received the first call about the incident at 17:01 (British time).
A Heathrow airport worker has explained, in statements collected by the agency Efethat “the billing counters of Terminal 4 have closed and the evacuated area while emergency services respond to an incident.” “We ask the passengers not to travel to terminal 4 and we are supporting those who are in the place,” he added. He also pointed out that “all other terminals are operating normally” and said They will offer more information as soon as possible.
According to the public chain for now, no delays or flight cancellations have been recorded. Although he assures that “It is not clear what the impact on air traffic will be” on the United Kingdom reference airport. In fact, in 2024 it reached a historic passenger record receiving almost 84 million.
