Oxford has been rocked by a suspected explosion that sent a fireball into the sky, with residents fearing that a lightning storm may have caused an object to combust.
A column of fire lit up the sky and flames could be seen roaring from miles around.
One resident shared a clip of the fire raging in the distance as he speculated what might have caused it.
‘Saw this strange pulsing sky out of our windows looking north west of Oxford,’ Kit Yates wrote on X.
‘I’m guessing it’s a fire caused by the lightning storm that passed over.’
Videos show the night sky being turned an eerie orange after what locals described as a ‘loud explosion’.
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