Investing.com -- London’s Heathrow Airport, a key international travel hub, was forced to halt operations for the entire day on Friday due to a power outage.
The airport anticipates that the disruption will continue in the days ahead.
The airport announced that it would remain closed until 11:59 p.m. local time on Friday, according to an official statement on the airport’s website.
Passengers were advised not to travel to the airport and to reach out to their airlines for further details.
The power outage was triggered by a fire at an electrical substation that supplies power to the airport, as per Heathrow’s information.
The fire originated late on Thursday evening at an electrical substation in western London, as reported by the London Fire Brigade. Approximately 70 firefighters were deployed to combat the fire, which also led to a power outage impacting numerous homes and local businesses, the brigade informed.
The London Fire Brigade stated that the cause of the fire remains unknown at this time.
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