Closed Heathrow Airport in London for fire at Electrical Substation | International

Heathrow London Airport, the highest traffic in Europe and the fifth in the world, was closed early this morning and the air terminal operator was shut down all day after the fire broke out at an electrical substation that caused the energy erosion. “Heathrow is experiencing an important power cut. To maintain our passenger security, it will be closed till 23.59 on March 21,” the airport operator said in a statement. Thousands of flights are planned for this Friday.

The fire affected an electric station in West London and left an additional 16,000 houses to the airport. London firefighters reported that 70 body members went to the airport in 10 trucks to fight the fire. According to The GuardianFirefighters moved 150 people nearby and transferred them to a safe place. Heavy fires and a large column of smoke were able to make heaven in the city.

So far, Heathrow has had to target 120 airports to target other airports, but one of the world’s most tourist cities, the main London airport, plans 1,351 operations during the day, takes off, between takeoffs and landing. In the case of Spain, this Friday 54 operations were planned from and from Spain (29 with Madrid, 19 Barcelona, ​​and Malaga, both in Tenerif Sur and Valencia). “This will disrupt the operations of airlines around the world,” Flighttrador 24 flight tracking website director Ian Petchenic told Reuters. In fact, other experts told the agency that the confusion obtained from the London airport interval would last for several days.

“We will provide updated information on the start of the operations and we want to reassure you that we are desperate for passengers and we want to assure you that we are working hard to solve the situation,” the airport spokesman said.

(News at the last minute. There will be update soon)