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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00:00It is with a heavy heart that today we report the loss of two of our firefighters.
00:12A member of the public has also sadly died in the incident.
00:18Two further firefighters sustained serious injuries and are currently in hospital.
00:23We cannot release any details at present, but we will provide further information as soon as we can.
00:30We were called to the scene at 1839 yesterday and at the height of the incident we had 10 fire engines tackling the fire.