RESIDENTS living directly opposite the “abandoned” Heathrow substation which caught fire say they were let down by authorities during the chaos.The blaze at the electrical substation cancelled well over a thousand flights, left scores of homes without power and disrupted countless lives.Heathrow Airport was closed after a blaze at a substation nearbyThe SunPanicked residents were evacuated from their homes during the chaosThe SunBut locals have complained about how the council handled the situationThe SunHeathrow Airport was shuttered for 15 hours with the chaotic fallout of the fire still leaving those around the transport hub reeling.
Residents were forced from their homes as thousands of properties were left without power.Now, disgruntled locals say that that claims by the council that people were housed in hotels and nearby libraries are not true as far as they are aware.Katrina Clements, 72, who has lived on the road for decades, said they were left stranded in an Asda car park.
She told The Sun: “There was a complete lack of communication. We were woken up to knocking on the door, and from then on it was chaos.“We waited out on the street for an hour or more and no one from the council came.
“Someone told us to go to the Asda car park at about 2am because someone would be there, but we got there and there was no one.”Katrina continued: “So we decided to walk to the Premier Inn – they were lovely, they were the only helpful people all night.“There was just.
