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Britain's Heathrow airport shuts down after fire

Ekrem Ekici
March 21, 2025

London's Heathrow Airport has shut down completely until midnight on Friday due to a power outage following a fire at a nearby electrical substation. The airport's closure has disrupted hundreds of flights and hundreds of thousands of travelers.

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