Watch Aylesbury blaze that ripped through caravan and vehicles as eyewitness felt explosions in his home
An eyewitness has reported hearing about half a dozen explosions during a fire that destroyed a caravan and a number of vehicles near to a garden centre in Aylesbury on Sunday March 29.
Logan Soderberg, who lives in flats next door to the garden centre on Wendover Road told the Herald: "I felt the bang in the morning and then looked outside my window to find the fire starting.
"There was about half a dozen explosions but the fire one was the biggest.
"I called 999 and spoke to the operator about what was happening and ended up staying on the phone giving live updates on what was going on.
"I told people that I could see to move away as it seemed that there were gas bottles going off and I did not want people to get hurt by flying objects.
"I did see the fire crews arrive and start containing the fire as fast as they could.
"The crews did a good job and stopped it from getting worse."
Bucks Fire and Rescue reported that five fire crews and five officers were sent to the scene on Wendover Road at just after 7am.
The service reported that the fire started in a caravan before spreading to outbuildings.
Crews isolated the electricity supply to the site, and used two sets of breathing apparatus, four hose reel jets, two main jets and a thermal imaging camera to extinguish the blaze.
The fire service said the caravan and a number of vehicles were completely destroyed by the fire, with crews remaining on the scene for an extended period of time for damping down and checking hotspots.
Thames Valley Police attended the scene, near to the Chiltern View Garden Centre, which posted on its Facebook page: "Just to let everyone know that nobody was harmed and everybody is safe.
"The fire hasn't affected the garden centre, tearoom or Enterprise skip hire, and business is open as normal."
Another eyewitness Chris Reed told us: "I was walking just after 7am when I heard occasional loud bangs, and wondered if was something to do with HS2.
"As I rounded a corner to walk up the western side path of the Weston Turville reservoir parallel to Worlds End Lane, I could see occasional bursts of flame - I’d guess at least 20 feet high - within the smoke."
A source with knowledge of operations at Chiltern View Garden Centre told us they believed that Bucks Fire and Rescue had overstated the severity of the fire and they did not believe an outbuilding was damaged during the incident.