{"id":26476,"date":"2023-10-03T20:13:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26476"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:13:29","slug":"huge-explosion-in-uk-city-lights-up-sky-as-firefighters-tackle-orange-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/huge-explosion-in-uk-city-lights-up-sky-as-firefighters-tackle-orange-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge explosion in UK city lights up sky as firefighters tackle orange inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A loud explosion in Oxford has shocked residents who gazed up at the night sky to see it lit up orange. <\/p>\n

    The wild flames are suspected to have been the result of a devastating lightning strike. A Facebook page for Severn Trent Green Power released a statement confirming the blaze came from its facility as a result of a lightning strike at around 7.20pm on Monday.<\/p>\n

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    Energy company SSE confirmed any power outage on Monday night was nothing to do with the issue at Cassington. One witness shared a jaw-dropping snap of the blast from afar on X, formerly Twitter. They wrote: "Anybody else in Oxford just see that fireball ?? Loud explosion and then the sky just did this ?? ( keep in mind it\u2019s supposed to be dark )."<\/p>\n

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    Another said they rushed to the social media platform for answers, describing what they saw earlier this evening: "The sky was glowing for about 2 minutes then it just disappeared. Like an explosion on the horizon."<\/p>\n

    A third city resident said the lit-up sky was "pulsing". Sharing a video online, they captioned it: "Saw this strange pulsing sky out of our windows looking north west of Oxford. I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s a fire caused by the lightning storm that passed over."<\/p>\n

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