Witney,
13
June
2018
|
13:44
Europe/London

Fire crews tackle major Witney blaze

Firefighters began scaling down activity at 14.30pm today after ten fire crews were called to tackle a major blaze in Witney having been called to the incident at 10:09am..

West End in the town will remain closed to traffic but the bottom end of Wood Green and the junction of West End and Hailey Road have re-opened to traffic.

At its height around 60 firefighters tackled the blaze in a scrapyard. Crews in attendance were from Oxford, Witney, Burford, Wheatley, Deddington, Eynsham, and Chipping Norton.

Multiple water jets were in use at the scene.

Crews will remain on scene for at least the next 24 hours for on-going firefighting activities.