{"id":2414264,"date":"2025-03-21T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counter-terror-police-investigating-as-huge-fire-shuts-down-one-of-worlds-busiest-airports\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:57:59","slug":"counter-terror-police-investigating-as-huge-fire-shuts-down-one-of-worlds-busiest-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counter-terror-police-investigating-as-huge-fire-shuts-down-one-of-worlds-busiest-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter-Terror Police Investigating as Huge Fire Shuts Down One of World&#8217;s Busiest Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcounter-terror-police-investigating-as-huge-fire-shuts-down-one-of-worlds-busiest-airports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>London&rsquo;s Heathrow Airport shut down Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a blackout.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the fire broke out, partial power had been restored to the airport, but there was no indication of when flights would resume, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/heathrow-airport-closed-flights-cancelled-london-fire-travel-latest-13332924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News<\/a>, which called the incident &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-london-fire-heathrow-airport-6d63b2f6615e8ff39f2647641bfbc160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported that residents near the substation reported a loud explosion, followed by a fireball and smoke.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fire closes London&rsquo;s Heathrow airport, disrupts passengers: photos <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q3XAOYd7yM\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q3XAOYd7yM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PennLive.com (@PennLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennLive\/status\/1903054749068325216?\">March 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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While there is currently no indication of foul play we retain an open mind at this time,&rdquo; a police statement said, according to a report in the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/live\/2025\/mar\/21\/hayes-substation-fire-heathrow-airport-live-updates-power-cut-outage?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67dd55c58f0837080a1adfeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given the location of the substation and the impact this incident has had on critical national infrastructure, the Met&rsquo;s Counter Terrorism Command is now leading inquiries,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is due to the specialist resources and capabilities within that command that can assist in progressing this investigation at pace to minimize disruption and identify the cause,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer is being informed of developments, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cly24zvvwxlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are questions to answer&rdquo; over how a fire led to an airport blackout, a representative of the office said.<\/p>\n<p>The representative said it was too soon to speculate about foul play in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>One official said the fire should be a wake-up call for Britain.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.K.&rsquo;s critical national infrastructure is not sufficiently hardened for anywhere near the level it would need to be at to give us confidence this won&rsquo;t happen again,&rdquo; &nbsp;Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, a security think tank, according to AP.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If one fire can shut down Heathrow&rsquo;s primary systems and then apparently the backup systems, as well, it tells you something&rsquo;s badly wrong with our system of management of such disasters,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>As officials estimated that Heathrow, one of the world&rsquo;s busiest airports, could be shut down for 24 hours, British Airways chairman and CEO Sean Doyle said travel disruptions could continue for days, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cly24zvvwxlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We hope that power will be restored as soon as possible. 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