PEOPLE in an Oxfordshire vilage are being urged to keep their windows closed after a major fire.

Firefighters are currently attending a blaze near Culham Science Centre.

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They are asking residents to shut their windows as a lot of smoke is coming from the incident.

This comes after people nearby heard three loud explosions at around 2.45pm yesterday.

One witness, who works nearby, said: "We could smell burning but could not work out where it was coming from.

"Then the loud explosions which vibrated through our unit, as if something had fallen into it.

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"Then the smoke got worse, from a haze to a thick black smoke billowing out from the science park area.

"With the explosions we thought it was the firework company, but it wasn't." 

More to follow.