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Large fire close to Heathrow Airport is disrupting the air traffic as the visibility is obstructed due to the smoke that blows across the runway.
Around 100 firefighters were battling a huge grass fire near Heathrow Airport.

A London Fire Brigade spokeswoman said that the long stretch of dry weather was probably the cause of the blaze.

This post was published on 15 July 2018 00:06

Maarten Van Den Driessche

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