{"id":258216,"date":"2025-07-02T18:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/heathrow-airport-fire-caused-by-preventable-fault-first-discovered-seven-years-ago-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:04:59","slug":"heathrow-airport-fire-caused-by-preventable-fault-first-discovered-seven-years-ago-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/heathrow-airport-fire-caused-by-preventable-fault-first-discovered-seven-years-ago-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Heathrow airport fire caused by &#8216;preventable fault&#8217; first discovered seven years ago | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/u-DR4BLOJLo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Heathrow airport fire caused by 'preventable fault' first discovered seven years ago | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u-DR4BLOJLo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A fire at a west London substation that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was caused by a preventable technical fault that had been discovered seven years before but had not been fixed, a report has found.<\/p>\n<p>Energy watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation after a report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) said an \u201celevated moisture reading\u201d had been found in oil samples at the North Hyde substation in July 2018, but action was not taken to replace electrical insulators known as bushings.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, a decision was made to \u201cdefer basic maintenance\u201d at the substation, meaning the issue went \u201cunaddressed\u201d, the final report said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Ofgem said it had opened an official enforcement investigation into National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) based on the Neso review\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire at a west London substation that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was caused by a preventable technical fault that had been discovered seven years before but had not been fixed, a report has found. 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