Oxford explosion UPDATE: Huge ‘fireball’ lights up sky above city

Residents have been left shocked after a “massive explosion” rocked a UK city.

Locals in Oxford took to social media to share photographs and videos of the fireball lighting up the night sky at around 7:45pm this evening.

Emergency services were seen rushing to the scene, near Yarnton, as some locals also reported they temporarily lost power.

One social media user wrote: “Something big just went off towards Woodstock… Airport? Direction? Any ideas? The sky was glowing for about 2 minutes then it just disappeared. Like an explosion on the horizon.”