EIGHT fire engines are currently dealing with a blaze in a thatched cottage in Canal Road, Thrupp, near Kidlington.
The fire broke out in the roof of the cottage located in a row of homes at about 6pm.
Firefighters have prevented the blaze from spreading to the neighbouring properties.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue group manager Gary Cooper confirmed at 9.30pm crews WERE still using hoses to dampen the thatch and were in the process of salvaging property from the cottage.
Mr Cooper said the cottage had been extensively damaged and firefighters will remain at the scene all night.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was not being treated as suspicious.
It is not being linked to the arson attack that destroyed the headquarters of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district council offices, and damaged a funeral parlour in Crowmarsh Gifford last Thursday.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.
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