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Heathrow to ‘begin some flights later today’ after outage caused by fire

The North Hyde electrical substation caught fire last night (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Heathrow Airport is set to “begin some flights later today”, focusing on repatriation flights for passengers diverted to other airports in Europe, after an outage caused by a fire.

The west London airport originally announced early on Friday that it would be closed until 11.59pm because of a blaze at a nearby electrical substation.

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