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Initial report: Cause of Heathrow fire shutdown still unknown

In an interim report released on Thursday, the National Energy System Operator stated that the cause of the fire in the substation at Heathrow Airport was still unknown.

The Heathrow airport closure on March 21, the busiest in Europe, cost airlines tens and millions of pounds. It also left thousands of passengers stranded. The incident also raised concerns about the resilience and stability of Britain's transport infrastructure.

NESO, the company that manages the electricity network in the country, announced it would release a final report about the outage by June. The report will include recommendations regarding the resilience of the energy systems, as well as plans for restoration and response.

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The fire was not suspicious. NESO's interim report stated that the London Fire Brigade, National Grid Electricity Transmission and other investigators are continuing to investigate the cause of fire.

The power outage caused a stir among passengers, the government and airlines. They questioned why Heathrow had to close all four terminals and why it was 18 hours before power was restored.

Heathrow expressed its hope that the final report will provide answers as to the cause of this fire.

The airport stated that "further clarification on how the fire began and why two converters were then impacted can ensure greater resilience of the UK's electricity grid going forward," in a press release. (Reporting and editing by Muvija M., Sarah Young. Catarina demony aqnd Paul Sandle.

(source: Reuters)