LONDON, April 3 (KUNA) -- Hundreds of passengers had their flights diverted after the fire brigade was called to a false alarm at Heathrow airport, the airport said Saturday.

An airport spokeswoman said the fire alarm went off at a control tower at the airport, but there was no fire. Nine flights were diverted from Heathrow to Gatwick while firefighters investigated.

A London Fire Brigade (LFB) spokeswoman said they were called out at 07:41GMT this morning. No details of the flights diverted were given.

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