Watch: Huge fireball lights up sky near Oxford after lightning strike

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a large fireball turn the sky orange after a lightning strike caused a gas explosion at the Severn Trent Green Power Plant near Oxford, England. Police say no one was hurt.
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#Oxford #Lightning #Fireball

[@satyris410]

Love how many structural engineers, fire investigators, detectives, and architects turn up in these comments

[@satyris410]

Wait, what's that, I hear a bridge has collapsed, and yep... yep my vital contribution to the yt comments section is very much requested.

[@TECHN0]

Comments section full of experts

[@smittys3069]

I think critically which is why I checked the weather report there today and there were no reports of bad weather kinda like there were no reports of bad weather in Canada when 200 fires started simualtaneously due to lightening strikes😂😂😂😂😂

[@pohoheli]

Hey don't get too smart ... Daddy Trudeau or creepy Biden wouldn't like free thinkers....

[@KJames2345]

​​@@smittys3069So you checked the weather reports for today when it clearly happened on Monday evening, 😂 as a English citizen I can say that there were thunderstorms across the southern areas of the UK yesterday evening.

[@smittys3069]

@@KJames2345 Hey stupidd...I just checked the weather for the entire day.

[@KJames2345]

​@@smittys3069 😂 You conspiracy nut job thinking sonebody sabotaged a tank that breaks down food to create biogas, lol There were thunderstorms across the UK Monday evening get over it buddy, you've been told numerous times it thundered in Oxfordshire by people who live in the county, I live in the county of Leicestershire which is 40 miles north of Oxfordshire, we had thunder and lightning with torrential rains for about 2 hours, I was out when it started lightning geez!

[@gonehome2]

sky looks pretty clear to me..DEW

[@Harrison5ived]

Happened about 3 miles north of me. I didn't see it, since I was indoors. The lights flickered, then a very loud bang

[@winstonsmithsoul]

What facility is 3 miles north of you?

[@Harrison5ived]

@@winstonsmithsoul the Severn Trent Green Power food waste processing plant. Lightning struck one of the tanks which made the biogas ignite

[@winstonsmithsoul]

@@Harrison5ived Thanks for that, the media intentionally left that information out to sell the scares.

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

About the same, thought it was a loud thunder at the time.

[@satyris410]

Happened 246 miles SSSW. Didn't see it. Lights didn't flicker. No bang.

[@fuckooooooooooooo]

the power of poop

[@FreeAmericanUSA]

"A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.”

[@jimhofoss9982]

well placed lightning strike

[@Ineffable1111]

Around the world, there are over 3,000,000 flashes every day. That's around 44 strikes every second.

[@swimteamsaj152]

right

[@pohoheli]

Obviously another lightning strike hitting a local propane storage facility . ...

[@wahyuniantonio2938]

We heard thunderstorms last night which caused the light flicker a few seconds. No idea it has hits something until i saw this news

[@yankj7647]

I thought it was an explosion in the chemistry laboratory at Oxford University.

[@moooks9582]

Heard it in Cambridge 😮

[@fasterget]

it looks as if the container exploded with fuel and continues to burn

[@rodneyrodriguez5509]

The Lightning strike hit ⛬ man

[@UnderdogOverlander]

We have a gas place in our town that spits out bigger flames than that

[@macklee6837]

I heard it in London. I thought it was thunder 😳

[@Ineffable1111]

there was thunder.

[@jasonstoffel8207]

I like Donald Duck too

[@jamesbomd3503]

I JUST LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING

[@PRIMEXEDITZ55555]

Bro this is ligit spider man 2 irl

[@toukdee]

The image looks straight out of an apocalyptic video game where a nuclear warhead has just made impact...

[@donsmackem2449]

Grow up.

[@user-lc1dita.]

The clause, Article 5 of NATO's Washington Agreement, states that an attack on one ally is considered an attack on all allies. Come on, NATO against the god of thunder

[@TheMutant_Real]

a gas tank got struck by lighting

[@sookmajoaby]

The fella in the car is fed

[@Ineffable1111]

what?

[@TheFreemanuk]

clear night sky no rain or storms.

[@Craigy2818]

I live in Reading and I can promise you, we heard the thunder from the lightning. It was raining on and off, as well. What planet are you on?

[@silverbackgrizzly2402]

No one's talking about the biogas hit. What is it? and what will it do to ppl?

[@Nidge882]

Crazy we are witnessing the invention of "fireball lightning" 😂😂

[@satyris410]

very very frightening indeed.

[@sarangi4517]

Lightning without clouds can only happen in UK 😢

[@KJames2345]

​@@davidbhart1867Well I live in Leicestershire and I can tell you there wasn't any clear skies, it was cloudy all day.

[@thedude3028]

Government at it again

[@boctunes1853]

alone in your basement again ? conspiracies must go on :)))

[@swimteamsaj152]

have you heard the term geo-engineering@@boctunes1853

[@byronkacheris5781]

So what was it?

[@differentsoul21]

Covi d 😂 no matter what they will say remember is a lie

[@Nidge882]

The same thing that started the maui fires ,there getting bolder.

[@aerodicus]

It’s lovely isn’t it.

[@davediamond9436]

not from a gas explosion

[@user-lc1dita.]

The clause, Article 5 of NATO's Washington Agreement, states that an attack on one ally is considered an attack on all allies. Come on, NATO against the god of thunder

[@michael-muller]

😂 no

[@TheMutant_Real]

wut it was a gas tank being struck by lightining

[@souw135]

@@TheMutant_Real “against the god of thunder” seems like he knows that already

[@michael-muller]

@@TheMutant_Real Do you think that there was no lightning protection there? Lightning protection was learned 100 years ago and is mandatory for all high-risk objects

[@TheMutant_Real]

It has to be a mistake or someone failing to do their job. These types of accidents do not occur often as of that.@@michael-muller

[@FuhqEwe]

YOU FOOLS, GONDOR NEEDS OUR HELP!

[@PetsNPatients]

Lighting or other energy?

[@boctunes1853]

lightning

[@smittys3069]

Check the weather report and youll notice.that there.were no storms there today.

[@boctunes1853]

@@smittys3069 lololololol, you conspiracy nutter, It was pouring over here you knob.

[@Ineffable1111]

Smitty where are you from?@@smittys3069

[@KJames2345]

​@@smittys3069 Because the storms occurred yesterday evening between 6:00pm and 10:00pm BST, 😂 geez!

[@wolfblitzer1981]

Did Donald trump just fart 😂😂😂

[@TheWtfnonamez]

Yet another "green" project goes up in smoke causing more harm than good. This was making gas from recycled waste and stored it in pretty crappy containers with no lighting rods.

[@commandoslayer]

Zeus. 🌩

[@rosewendy42]

How convenient

[@Christos-pf5vk]

have you ever seen lightning

[@marti3668]

These Russians again!!!😂😂😂

[@choikk]

Germany : 🙊

[@mickeyscott7479]

Laser malfunction. Somebody didn't check to see if the safety was on before they touched the trigger. Alec Baldwin was it you? Again?

[@user-vs5ky3sg3e]

Пересвет.

[@BobsArtGallery]

Are you sure it´s not a Putin Warning, because Britain is so much involved in the Ukraine war ?

[@TerroYoung]

❤❤❤❤🎉😢😢😢😢😢

[@anglbrown1978]

God hurled his Thunderbolt

[@swimteamsaj152]

if god is the government sure

[@nO-YoUrE-DuRnK]

@@swimteamsaj152 The government controls the weather?

[@sergeykarlov7424]

Maybe this is a small piece from the Russian military space satellite Fireball? Be careful, Brits... 🤫

[@davidtangen8189]

Her come the radiation fall out

[@JayAdams33]

Oh my God*. (''Not ''Gods'')

[@Ineffable1111]

Trust me there are Gods and God.

[@JayAdams33]

@@Ineffable1111 True... False Gods. And the true God of Israel. But we still don't say Oh my Gods.. Because we know there is one True God

[@Former_Pastor]

​@@JayAdams33 Well HE just collapsed a church roof in Mexico killing 10. 🙄

[@Ineffable1111]

@@JayAdams33 From my meditations I learned there are Gods and there is God as in the divine source. The creator of everything, creator of even Gods. You look for your knowledge in books so far as I have flown through the other realms with Anubis to put it bluntly I have seen far more with my eyes closed than you ever have with yours open.

[@JayAdams33]

@@Ineffable1111 cool story

[@elainedonaghy8033]

Every comment on my God!!!!!!!! I think he might be involved

[@HaYlEeXx19]

Lightning? 😅

[@smittys3069]

People can check the weather report there to realize.that there was a 10% chance of raim there today.

[@donsmackem2449]

@@smittys3069 That's not how precipitation percentages work. 10% doesn't mean there is 10% chance of rain in the area, it means 10% of the area will definitely have rain.

[@KJames2345]

​@@smittys3069IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY NOT TODAY. MONDAY EVENING GOD!!

[@smittys3069]

@@KJames2345 I meant Monday.

[@StPiter111]

It should be nuclear😅

[@MarekKolenda-cr8vr]

Nuclear explosions

[@disol1734]

Putin just nuked Oxford , UK !

[@gelo---8924]

yep, confusing Ukraine with the UK#reign

[@nigglewiggle4214]

fraud

[@viyeye2464]

I always pray to Lord Jesus Christ every day for peace negotiations..talking to each other looking for peaceful solutions..Lord Jesus Christ the true Lord..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day..only Lord Jesus Christ the way to eternal life (father house) or heaven,,,,,,,.....He really hate nuclear weapons,,because nuclear weapons is big sins..big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..because nuclear weapons is very terrible weapons..nuclear weapons are big sins..big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear power plant is big sin..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles is big sins..nuclear power plant is big sins...nuclear weapons is big sins..big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..because nuclear weapons is very terrible weapons

[@smittys3069]

I bet there werent any storms in the area.😊😅😅😅😅

[@smittys3069]

Actually I was right. Just checked the weather report there and guess what? No storma.

[@Ineffable1111]

I live here there was lightning for hours I get why you don't trust anything as I am the same. I don't know what this is but there was lightning today however I still feel something is not right about this.@@smittys3069

[@michaelmckibbin9665]

Lightning strike? First ive heard of that lol

[@billythekidder7182]

You’ve never heard of a lightning strike?

[@dontask7657]

What

[@Christos-pf5vk]

LETER YOU THINK THATS LIGHTNING THATS DUMB

[@Christos-pf5vk]

dumhooohhhooohhhoohh