A major fire has broken out near Heathrow, sending up so much smoke that the airport has had to change its normal plans and use a different runway than expected, APA reports citing Mirror.
Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters are fighting the blaze in a field in Feltham, with people living nearby advised to keep windows and doors closed.
Heathrow Noise, an account that tweets updates on runway operations, said: ‘Good afternoon, due to smoke from a fire off-airport, we will be switching back to landing on the northern runway (27R) and taking off from the southern runway (27L). We apologize for the disruption.’
However, Heathrow Airport said this had not led to any delays or cancellations as the schedule for flights is still running as normal.
A spokesperson said: ‘Due to an off-airport fire, we have alternated our runways this afternoon.
‘The fire is not impacting the operation, and flights are continuing as scheduled.’
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