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Update on Fire at Banbury Hill Farm

Further Malcolm's message, both BBC Oxford and the Oxford Mail have reported on this fire. The Oxford Mail reports:

Firefighters from throughout the county were tonight tackling a blaze at a west Oxfordshire farm.
A wood store containing piles of cut timber caught light at Banbury Hill Farm in Enstone Road, Charlbury, at about 5.35pm. The fire service said the collection of wood covers an area of about 20m by 5m and is 3m high. Crews are expected to be at the scene all night as they prevent the fire from spreading to more timber and farm machinery.

This morning they provided the following update:
Traffic was being diverted in Charlbury, west Oxfordshire this morning as firefighters continued to tackle a blaze at a wood store. The blaze at Banbury Hill Farm started last night shortly after 5.30pm.

Diana Limburg · Thu 2 Oct 2008, 11:45 · Link


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