Part of Heathrow Airport in London has been evacuated over concerns of a ‘hazardous material incident’.
Terminal 4 – which serves Gulf Air, Air France and Qatar Airways – has since been closed as teams from the London Fire Brigade and the Metropolitan Police are deployed to the scene.
Specialist crews from multiple fire stations have been deployed to ‘carry out an assessment of the scene’ and officers with hazmat suits have been spotted inside the building/
Passengers have been warned not to travel to the terminal, and National Rail has confirmed that trains are unable to call at at the station ‘due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.’
A statement from Heathrow said: ‘Terminal 4 check-in has been closed and evacuated while emergency services respond to an incident.
‘Please do not travel to Terminal 4, colleagues are supporting passengers on site.
‘We will provide further information as soon as we can, all other terminals are operating as normal.’
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