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Fireball lights up sky after large explosion in Oxfordshire
- Published_at:2023-10-02
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:The Times and The Sunday Times
- tags: the times the sunday times fire Oxford explosion Oxford explosion Oxford fire UK news Yarnton Fire ball oxford oxford fireball lightning oxford explosion kidlington explosion kidlington lightning strike oxford lightning strike oxford power plant
- description: A “massive” explosion at a green power plant near Oxford after lightning hit a biogas tank has rocked residential streets and sent a fireball towering into the evening sky. Residents, including one couple up to five miles away, said that they heard “one enormous loud bang” and felt a “shockwave” rattle their properties. The explosion at Green Power Cassington AD Facility, which is run by Severn Trent and is just off the A40 near Oxford Airport, was followed by “pulsating” lights in the sky that lasted for about a minute and gave the area an “apocalyptic glow”. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #oxford #uk #lightning
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