Firefighters helped repair a roof, following an accident caused by a stray firework.
Fire crews from Kidlington and Oxford were called to the house in Hampden Drive, Kidlington, at about 10.20pm on Saturday, following reports that a rocket had struck the roof, after bouncing off a neighbouring house.
The large firework smashed tiles and ignited the roofing felt beneath.
When firefighters arrived, the small fire had already gone out, but firefighters used a hydraulic platform to check the house with a thermal imaging camera, and stayed behind to fix new tiles on to the damaged roof.
Assistant Divisional officer Steve Harrison of Oxfordshire Fire service said: "This was a freak accident.
"A large rocket came down, deflected off one roof and hit the neighbour's roof. It hit it with enough force to break a neighbour's roof tile and set fire to the felt underneath."
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