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Heathrow Airport will be closed for all of Friday over a "significant" power outage linked to a fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it.
The airport, which is the UK's busiest, has warned of "significant disruption" over the coming days and told passengers not to travel "under any circumstances" until it reopens.


"To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, we have no choice but to close Heathrow until 23:59 on 21 March 2025," a spokesperson said.


"We know this will be disappointing for passengers and we want to reassure that we are working as hard as possible to resolve the situation," they added.


"Whilst fire crews are responding to the incident, we do not have clarity on when power may be reliably restored," the Heathrow spokesperson said.

The airport has apologised for the disruption and has advised passengers to contact their airlines for further information.

Heathrow is the UK's largest aviation hub, handling around 1,300 landings and take-offs each day. A record 83.9 million passengers passed through its terminals last year, according to its latest data.

At least 1,351 flights to and from Heathrow will be affected by Friday's closure, flight tracking website Flightradar24 said on X, with some 120 affected aircraft already in the air in the early hours of the morning.

The fire at the substation in Hayes, in west London, has left thousands of homes without power and caused around 150 people to be evacuated from surrounding properties.

Emergency services were first called to the scene at 23:23 on Thursday, and video shared on social media showed tall flames and smoke billowing from the substation overnight.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
Half of a transformer within the substation was still alight at 04:08, according to the London Fire Brigade (LFB).

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been sent to tackle the blaze, the LFB said.
A 200-metre cordon has been put in place as a precaution, and local residents have been advised to keep doors and windows closed because of a "significant amount of smoke".

More than 16,300 homes have lost power in a large-scale outage cause by the fire, energy supplier Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said on X.

"We're aware of a widespread power cut affecting many of our customers around the Hayes, Hounslow and surrounding areas," it added.
The LFB said it had received nearly 200 calls about the fire.

"This is a highly visible and significant incident, and our firefighters are working tirelessly in challenging conditions to bring the fire under control as swiftly as possible," said LFB Assistant Commissioner Pat Goulborne.

"This will be a prolonged incident, with crews remaining on scene throughout the night," he added.

"As we head into the morning, disruption is expected to increase, and we urge people to avoid the area wherever possible."

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/Heathrow-Airport-closes-all-day-over-power-outage

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Some people will be jubilating now on this and said see saner clime, forgetting in their country , they had these cases even in there NASS and their presidential Villa.

I see Nigerians jubilating that even the almighty UK experiences power failure. I see APC zombies telling Nigerians not to expect uninterrupted power supply because even the UK experiences power outages, I see more blackouts in the coming days.

This I have seen.

Agbadorians will be celebrating 🍾 😀

ok

Russia dey test run UK. That tiny dot nation thinks they can take on Russia. 😂

Someone Should Advise Them To Go Solar!

Nigeria happened to heathrow Airport

It will be restored in due time. UK no be Naija.

adenigga:
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/Heathrow-Airport-closes-all-day-over-power-outage

So what should we do

Mumusaphire:
Some people will be jubilating now on this and said see saner clime, forgetting in their country , they had these cases even in there NASS and their presidential Villa.

Don't worry. After NASS and Presidential villa is Heathrow.

In my country, nobody will tell u anything. U go and see for ursef

Yankiss:
Don't worry. After NASS and Presidential villa is Heathrow.

but remember , they took precaution , which is the best.... it shows they stand out in what they doing unlike in one country, it will ve during operating hours everyone will be running helter skelter

Caused by a fire at the airport.

VERY IMPORTANT

I blame Tinupoo

If it was Nigeria, they would have blamed Tinubu

Lobatan

Japa people don carry NEPA go London

Time to send all of them back home

They will be fine. That is one thing for sure.

Russia testing

Monkies from the barren landlocked part of the country have said several times that you can’t have outage in developed countries.

Sorry o

adenigga:
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/Heathrow-Airport-closes-all-day-over-power-outage

Should we lend our Fashola to the oyinbos

pendy79:
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday evening boasted that he could provide uninterrupted power supply to Lagos residents between six and eight months.

Fashola spoke at the commissioning of 8.5 megawatts Lekki Independent Power Project (IPP), the fifth of such power projects in the last five years in the state.

The governor said the addition of the Lekki IPP was a testament to the fact that stable power does not require rocket science to achieve in the country.

While challenging power distribution companies in the state, Fashola said, “Let the Eko DISCOs sign a contract with me, giving part of their concessioning to the state government, in about six to eight months, there will be power in all homes in Lagos State,” Fashola said.

He added, “So, let no one say that he has no money to deliver power for the entire country. This is the limit to which the law allows us to do, but we have done this to make a statement that power can be generated. So, when they come with lies that power is impossible, you can tell them that we have power here; we make it possible”.

The project, courtesy of the state government, in partnership with Heritage Bank, is to serve Lagos State Water Corporations in Lekki Phase 1, Oniru, Victoria Island and Ikoyi, as well as over 25km of public lightening in the Lekki axis.

Commissioning the project, Fashola said he felt fulfilled with the conduct of youths that delivered the project, despite the difficulties in getting to the finishing point.

He said it also showed that the money to improve the Nigerian economy is here, “since we don’t need the World Bank to come and do this for us.”

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/03/can-provide-stable-power-eight-months-fashola-boasts/

What a sane society

Technical issues
It’s rare unlike other poor countries

E go reach every body. Appointments cancel

If this was Nigeria. Illiterate Amakas who had never left the shore of agulu will force their says on us:

Uggo: It can never happen in sane lands
Shineddu: Nigeria is finished
HEffeanyi: Incompetent Foolanis are in charge
HEze: Nigeria is a zoo

Ohh my God.
This is just going to be crazy