The Latest Breaking News from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Local rugby club will hold firefighters killed in Bicester blaze ‘in our hearts’

Firefighters Jennie Logan, 30, and Martyn Sadler, 38; and business owner David Chester, 57, died in the major incident.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Tributes paid to firefighters and man killed in former RAF base blaze

David Chester and firefighters Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler died after the fire at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

Evening Standard · May 17, 2025

What we know about the father and two firefighters killed in fire at ex-RAF base

David Chester and firefighters Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler died after explosions were heard at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

Evening Standard · May 16, 2025

Man torches home using precious keepsakes belonging to wife's dead daughter

Stephen Erdbeer was told it was a 'spiteful piece of behaviour' as he was jailed for arson

Wales Online · Sep 2, 2022

Two passengers ‘miraculously’ survive after light aircraft crashes into tree

Investigators are looking to find the cause of the crash

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Plane destroyed and pilot in hospital after flying into block of flats

The pilot remains in hospital after the crash landing at Upper Heyford, near Bicester, at around 12.18pm on Saturday

Manchester Evening News · Apr 2, 2022

Pilot injured as plane crashes into flat in Oxfordshire

A small plane has been destroyed after crashing into a property in Oxfordshire, fire crews said.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2022

Plane destroyed and pilot injured after crashing into unoccupied block of flats

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service shared a photograph of the crash while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched an investigation.

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2022