A major fire has broken out at Didcot B Power Station, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue has said.
The gas-burning power station has been in operation since
1997 and can supply the power to up to one million households, according
to energy company RWE npower.Pictures posted to Twitter appear to show the power station shrouded in flames and smoke.
The neighbouring coal-powered Didcot A power station was closed last year.
Hundreds of people gathered to watch when three of its enormous cooling towers demolished in July.