Police no longer treating fire that shut Heathrow Airport as ‘potentially criminal matter’
The blaze at North Hyde substation in Hayes, which supplies electricity to Heathrow about 1.5 miles away, caused a power outage which meant Europe's biggest airport had "no choice but to close" last week.
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The aftermath of the substation fire. Pic: Reuters
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Proximity of Heathrow to the electrical substation
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