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Heathrow Airport 'fully operational' after fire shutdown: spokesperson

Passengers with their suitcases leave Heathrow airport following its closure after a fire broke out at a substation supplying power of the airport, in Hayes, west London, on March 21, 2025. [AFP]

Heathrow Airport is "fully operational", a spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after a fire at a power station shut down Europe's busiest air hub and caused travel mayhem.

The electricity substation blaze closed the London airport for most of Friday before some flights began to arrive and take-off later in the evening.

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