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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Heathrow fire cost airport tens of millions of pounds, says CEO

Fire rages at night at the substation
The fire at the North Hyde electrical substation in March led to the closure of the airport. Photograph: Matthew Muirhead/AP

The substation fire that closed Heathrow for almost a day in March cost the airport “tens of millions” of pounds, its chief executive has said.

Giving the hub’s first public estimate on the bill from the blaze, Thomas Woldbye said Heathrow had yet to decide whether to pursue National Grid for damages, as it awaited the findings of the energy regulator Ofgem into the incident.

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