Heathrow Airport is considering legal action against National Grid after a report found the fire which caused the airport to ...

A report into a fire that resulted in Heathrow Airport shutting down for nearly a day has been released - what are the key findings?

STORY: A fire that shut Heathrow Airport in March, stranding thousands of passengers, was caused by National Grid's failure to maintain an electricity substation.That's according to an official ...

HEATHROW may sue the National Grid after a probe found a fault causing the huge substation fire was identified seven years ago. The blaze in March halted flights for 24 hours — affecting 270,000 ...

National Grid blamed for failing to act on known transformer problem, ... National Grid aware of fault behind Heathrow shutdown fire for seven years. Simon Calder. July 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM.

The fire broke out at the North Hyde substation in West London, around two miles (3.2 km) north of Heathrow, at 11:21 pm on March 20, resulting in a complete loss of power supply to part of the ...

A review by the National Grid in 2022 found the fire suppression system at the North Hyde site was “inoperable”, while another assessment in July 2024 indicated the system was still “out of ...

Heathrow Airport is considering legal action against National Grid after a report found the fire which caused the airport to shut down was a result of a known fault at an electrical substation. An ...

National Grid aware of fault behind Heathrow shutdown fire for seven years. National Grid blamed for failing to act on known transformer problem, while Heathrow accepted risk as a ‘high-impact ...

A fire at an electrical substation that forced a shutdown at London's Heathrow Airport in March was likely caused by moisture entering electrical components, a problem first flagged in 2018, ...