Pupils were evacuated from their classrooms when fire broke out at a Bicester school yesterday.

The children spent about half an hour in the grounds of Cooper School, in Churchill Road, before they were allowed back into their classes.

Firefighters from Bicester and Kidlington tackled the blaze, which was in an oil store.

John Nelson, who is in charge of Bicester's fire crews, said: "There was no danger to the classroom buildings or the children."