Heathrow Airport closed due to a fire. On social media, more footage is emerging, showing the scale of the calamity. At the airport itself, the scene is apocalyptic. The terminal, where thousands of passengers usually depart for various destinations around the world,

The blaze forced Britain’s largest airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removed a linchpin of global air travel. Counterterrorism police were investigating the cause of the fire.

Heathrow is one of the world’s busiest airports for international travel. It had its busiest January on record in 2025.