London’s Heathrow Airport closed for twenty-four hours after large fireplace at energy substation

London’s Heathrow Airport introduced that it’ll stay shut for at the least 24 hours after a hearth at a close-by electrical substation brought on a big energy outage.

“Attributable to a hearth at {an electrical} substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a big energy outage. To take care of the protection of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will probably be closed till 23h59 on 21 March. Passengers are suggested to not journey to the airport and may contact their airline for additional info. We apologise for the inconvenience,” introduced Heathrow Airport.

Nevertheless, the spokesperson maintained that there isn’t a readability on when the airport would resume operations.