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| Major fire at gas-fired Didcot B power station | |
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| A major fire has broken out at Didcot B Power Station, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue has said. | A major fire has broken out at Didcot B Power Station, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue has said. |
| Twenty fire appliances are at the scene to battle the fire, which has broken out in one of the cooling towers. | |
| The gas-burning power station has been in operation since 1997 and can supply the power to up to one million homes, according to energy company RWE npower. | |
| Police have warned local people to stay indoors and close their doors and windows. | |
| BBC reporter Tom Turrell said all the power station's staff had been accounted for. | |
| Georgina Miles, who lives half a mile away, said the fire was "huge" but the flames had become smaller since firefighters had arrived. | |
| Emergency service personnel from Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service, Thames Valley Police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) have all been called in to help with the blaze. | |
| The neighbouring coal-powered Didcot A power station was closed last year. | The neighbouring coal-powered Didcot A power station was closed last year. |
| Hundreds of people gathered to watch when three of its enormous cooling towers were demolished in July. | |
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