Two firefighters and a member of the public have been killed in a fire which ripped through a former RAF base near Bicester village in Oxfordshire last night.
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Oxfordshire's chief fire officer gives an emotional statement at the scene of a fire which claimed the lives of two firefighters and a member of the public at a former RAF base in Bicester. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Chief Fire Officer Rob MacDougall says, “it is with a very heavy heart that we today report the loss of two of our firefighters. A member of the public has also sadly died in the incident.”
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The defence secretary has paid a visit to a Royal Air Force station following his pledge to ramp up defence spending this week. John Healey flew in an army helicopter and operated a drone during the visit to RAF Northolt in South Ruislip in London on Tuesday.
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Monday, 19 May 2025
A man who was killed in a fire at a former RAF base was trying to help firefighters tackle the blaze, his family said.
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