Crime & Safety
Reports of road closure due to fire in Oxford neighbourhood
An eyewitness report from Littlemore, Oxford, said a fire broke out in a residential property around midday today, Sunday, May 17.
The eyewitness, a woman who did not want to be named, said fire engines reportedly attended the scene on Giles Road, just south of the Eastern Bypass Road.
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The residential road was said to be closed for more than two hours while the emergency incident was dealt with.
The woman said a ‘house was up in flames’, including the back garden of the property, and said she heard ‘popping sounds’ and it ‘smelt like battery acid’.
The road appeared to reopen at about 2.45pm the same day.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue and Thames Valley Police have been approached for information on this incident.