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  • 21/03/2025
Hundreds of flights canceled and thousands of passengers stranded as vital transport hub closed all day after an overnight substation blaze. Although foul play is not suspected, police inquiries are being led by counter-terrorism unit. #heathrow

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00:00A huge substation fire near London's Heathrow Airport blazed through the night, sending
00:06fireballs into the air and cutting power to thousands.
00:10Heathrow Airport announced a full, all-day closure due to the outage.
00:15Analysts claim that the 1,300 flight cancellations will affect upwards of 145,000 passengers.
00:23According to the London Fire Brigade, around 70 firefighters were deployed and the cause
00:27of the fire remains unknown.

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