London’s Heathrow airport shuts after fire causes power outage

The United Kingdom’s Heathrow airport has closed until midnight on Friday due to a power outage, throwing the plans of tens of thousands of travellers into chaos. London’s main airport, which is Europe’s busiest gateway, said on Friday that it had suffered a “significant” power failure due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the facility.

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Heathrow airport.

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