Britain's Heathrow Airport has shut after a huge fire at a nearby substation knocked out its power, stranding passengers around the world.

Huge orange flames and plumes of black smoke shot into the sky around 2300 GMT on Thursday as a blaze engulfed the substation, cutting the power supply and back-up system for Europe's busiest and the world's fifth-busiest airport.

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