MANCHESTER – A huge fireball appeared in the sky over Oxfordshire this evening, suddenly burning red and orange. To some it seemed like the unsettling shape of a mushroom cloud. Instead, it seems that way because of the bad weather At around 7:30 p.m. local time, lightning struck a biogas tank. It is currently unclear whether there are any victims.
Certainly tens of thousands of Oxfordshire residents, particularly in the areas of Witney, Burford, Chipping Norton and Milton-under-Wychwood, They heard a very loud roar and saw the sky burst into flames. Alicia Hale, a graphic designer based in Witney, tells Repubblica: “At one point the lights went out. The light bulbs flashed several times.
Another woman, Freya Ridley-DeMonick, was driving when night fell: “I was driving home to Oxford when I saw a huge orange ball over the city, but I couldn’t figure out what it was. ” around.”
The energy company Severn Trent Green Power wrote on Facebook that “lightning struck a biogas tank near Yarnton” in Oxfordshire. It is still unclear how much damage is and whether there are any victims.