Mon 02 October 2023:
A lightning strike sparked a massive explosion at an Oxfordshire food waste recycling factory.
After the explosion at the Severn Trent Green Power Plant in Cassington, north of Oxford, witnesses reported seeing a massive fireball light up the night sky.
Police say they believe lightening has struck gas containers at a waste plant near Yarnton, causing a large fire.
Emergency services are at the scene, but no one is reported to have been hurt.
A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office over Oxfordshire.
Residents are being told to stay indoors and shut their windows. Police have also closed the A40 between Wolverton and Eynsham.
The bang was reported earlier this evening, with people sharing footage of the fire on social media.
A witness told the Oxford Mail they saw a “strange pulsing sky out of our windows looking northwest of Oxford”.
“I’m guessing it’s a fire caused by the lightening storm that passed over,” the witness added.
One person wrote on social media: “Anybody else in Oxford just see that fireball?”, adding there had been a “loud explosion”.
Stuart Reid wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Lightning strike near Oxford (A34). Struck something that burst in to flames.”
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