London’s Heathrow airport to be closed all day after fire cuts power

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London’s Heathrow airport has been forced to close until midnight after a fire at a nearby electricity substation caused a “significant power outage”.

“Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant power outage,” Heathrow airport wrote in a post on X.

The London Fire Brigade said in a statement late on…