Video “dangerous materials”. Alert on a terminal of the busiest airport in Europe, which has been closed and evacuated
London, United Kingdom, March 22, 2025. An informative panel at Terminal 4 of Heathrow Airport, at the time of resuming flights after a major fire at the Hayes electric substance, which caused a power break and forced Heathrow Airport for about 18 hours. Illustrative photography. Source: Amer Ghazzal / Alamy / Profimedia
One of the four terminals of the Heathrow airport in London was evacuated on Monday, while firefighters intervened in what emergency services have cataloged as “a possible incident with dangerous materials,” reports Reuters.
Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe, announced on social networks that terminal 4 was closed while emergency services intervened as a result of the incident and that all other terminals were working normally.
“Specialized teams were sent to evaluate the situation, and Terminal 4 was evacuated from the caution, while the firefighters carried out the operations,” the Fire Brigade from London said on his site, adding that she was first called at 17:01 (16:01 GMT).
London Fire Brigade is responding to potentially Hazardous materials incident at Heathrow Airport, Located in Hillingdon, West London, England.
Airport authrities have evacated and close the check-in area of terminal 4 as a result.
pic.twitter.com/aztyg8jqeg– RealPatriot 🫡🇺🇸 (@realp4tri0t) September 8, 2025
About 20 people were evaluated on the spot by the paramedics, and the cause of the incident remains in the course of investigation at this time, the representatives of the Brigade said.
Video clips distributed in the online environment surprised dozens of passengers waiting in front of the terminal. The departure section on the website of Heathrow airport showed that the flights have taken off from Terminal 4 from the time of reporting the incident and that they are scheduled to continue.
🚨Breaking: a video from an unidentified source depicts of the interior of terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport.
The End of the Video Shows Emergency Personnel Putting On Protective Gear. pic.twitter.com/zjqkb8nv24
– War Cell (@lustious01) September 8, 2025
🚨⚠️☢️ #Breaking @Heathrowairport AirPort's Terminal 4 is Being Evacated Due to A Hazardous Materials incident.
UNCONFIRMED REALPORTS SAY Some People Inside the Terminal Felt Unwell. Flights has reportedly affected#Heathrow #Breakingnews #Hazmat #Aviation #London #Heathrowairport pic.twitter.com/ld7vwirjyo– Aviation News Israel (@Aviationnewsil) September 8, 2025
Meanwhile, airport officials have announced that terminal 4 was reopened, but did not provide additional details.
The whole airport was closed for almost a day in March, when a huge fire at a nearby electric substance interrupted the power supply, disturbing the program of flights worldwide and blocking thousands of passengers.
