Emotional fire chief hails two firefighters killed
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Emotional fire chief hails two firefighters killed
Oxfordshire's chief fire officer gives an emotional statement at the scene of a fire which claimed the lives of two firefighters and a member of the public at a former RAF base in Bicester.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Chief Fire Officer Rob MacDougall says, “it is with a very heavy heart that we today report the loss of two of our firefighters.
A member of the public has also sadly died in the incident.”
Report by Ajagbef.
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