Oxfordshire villagers shock at gas explosion at power plant
Villagers have described the 'brilliant white light' and a 'pulsating orange sky' after a lightning strike caused an explosion at an Oxfordshire…
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Villagers have described the 'brilliant white light' and a 'pulsating orange sky' after a lightning strike caused an explosion at an Oxfordshire…
Wednesday, October 04, 2023 – A lightning strike has caused a huge gas explosion at a food waste recycling plant in Oxfordshire. Severn Trent Green Power, which processes food waste, confirmed that lightning struck a tank at its plant in Yarnton on Monday evening, October 2. In a statement, the firm said: “Severn Trent Green Power…
The fire had occurred at Severn Trent's Cassington AD facility near Yarnton on Monday.
A large fireball was spotted in the night sky above England after a biogas tank at a food waste processing plant exploded after a lightning strike, officials said.
A large fireball lit up the Oxfordshire sky on Monday evening (2 October) after a tank at a processing facility was struck by lightning. Waste management company Severn Trent Green Power confirmed the blaze occurred at its Cassington AD facility near Yarnton. A digester tank was struck by lightning at 7:20pm, causing gases within the tank to ignite, it said in a statement. Witness Jack Frowde, from Oxford, said the scene of the fire was “as if the sky was pulsating orange. No-one was injured, a company representative told the PA news agency.