TWO people had a lucky escape after high winds sent a large tree smashing through their house.
Following high winds and rain yesterday morning, a fire crew from Bicester Fire Station were called to a large tree that had fallen onto a house and power lines in Fringford near Bicester.
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The two people living in the house managed to escape the room they were in and were assessed by medically trained firefighters as they were suffering from shock.
Firefighters using saw's, axes and ladders removed most of the fallen tree from the house and were assisted by Oxfordshire County Council contractors with chain saws to remove larger sections of tree that were blocking the road out of the village.
Here's the pictures from the scene:
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