Huge fire rips through former RAF base as explosions heard and smoke seen from miles away

A GARGANTUAN fire has ripped through a former RAF base, with explosions heard and smoke seen from miles away.

Emergency services scrambled to the scene in Bicester Motion, Oxfordshire, earlier this evening.

PAClouds of smoke seen near the scene of a fire at Bicester Aerodrome[/caption] PAA police car near to the scene of a fire at Bicester Aerodrome, the site of the former RAF Bicester, in Oxfordshire[/caption]

It’s thought that ten fire crews have been desperately fighting...