Summary
A fire at Bicester Motion business park killed two firefighters and a member of the public. Two other firefighters were seriously injured and are in the hospital. Thames Valley Police is investigating the deaths, but they are not treating it as a criminal case.
Key Facts
- The fire occurred at Bicester Motion, a business park in Oxfordshire, on Thursday evening.
- Two firefighters died while trying to put out the fire, one from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and one from the London Fire Brigade.
- A member of the public also died in the incident.
- Two more firefighters are hospitalized with serious injuries.
- The cause of the fire is not yet known.
- The fire broke out in a former aircraft hangar, which is part of a site that houses over 50 businesses.
- Thames Valley Police is conducting an investigation into the deaths to determine what happened.
- This incident marks one of the few times in the past 15 years that a firefighter has died while fighting a fire in England.
