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‘A hell of a fire was raging KICK-START in our village,YOUR in our road’ CAREER By Eva Astreinidou
A FIRE that could have led to a massive gas explosion left residents of a small village in a ‘panic’. Residents in Cumnor Road in Wootton were forced to leave their homes a week ago after fi refighters were called to a blaze at a garden shed containing gas cannisters. Mark Ponting, who lives on Cumnor Road, said he saw a plume of smoke in the sky on Thursday last week, and felt panicked when he realised just how close the fi re was to his home. He said: “My mate and I were coming back from work and saw the smoke in the sky and we thought ‘that’s a hell of a fi re’. “As we got closer we thought wow this is close to our village, then realised it was in fact in the village. We then realised it was actually on our road. “I had a panic when I realised that was the case.” He said the fi re service asked him to vacate his home to ensure neighbours were safe in case of an explosion caused by the acetylene gas cannisters, which are used for welding. He added that the fi re service were on the scene for hours, even sending heat-detecting drones to check on the temperature of the gas cannisters. Some were able to return home just
The house in Wootton cordoned off after the fire last week before midnight while others were forced to spend the night elsewhere, and the road, a stretch of the B4017, was closed until 8am the next day. Around 21 people from five houses on the row were forced to leave their homes and were initially told they might not be allowed back until 10am. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said 25 fi refighters from The Slade and Rewley Road in Oxford and Abingdon fi re station helped put out the fi re and set up a cordon. The entire road between Cumnor and Wootton was also closed and Oxford Bus Company was forced to divert services in the area. Rewley Road station manager Darran Hookway said: “Fires involving acetylene cylinders are very dangerous and a safety cordon has to be put in place. “Once the fi re has been put out, the cylinders have to be cooled for a long period to make them safe.”
For everything from Christmas Dragons jobs to management roles roar along the river Are you a talented person with a passion for luxury retail? Bring your enthusiasm to a role at Bicester Village. Come to the Talent Day on Sunday 10 September to discover your perfect role and meet with more than 20 brands offering managerial and non-managerial positions. Join us at the John Paul II Centre in Bicester, a ten-minute walk from Bicester Village, to find out more: From 11 am to 1 pm, discover more about roles such as seasonal Christmas positions to Senior Sales or Stock Assistant. From 2 pm to 4 pm, find out about roles ranging from Supervisor to Store Manager. Teams paddled through the pain and the rain at the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Abingdon on Sunday as they put all their strength into rowing the 250 metres to raise funds for the of Abingdon Vesper’s For more information and to register forRotary the Club event, charities. Turn to page 3 for full story and pictures. Picture: David Bailey
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