Police and fire chiefs will meet at 9am to decide if families can return to their homes following a fire in Eynsham.

More than 200 residents were evacuated from 60 homes and nine businesses after a blaze in a shed in Newland Street at 6am yesterday.

Emergency teams were worried two gas cylinders inside the shed may explode after being heated up by the flames.

Fire officers are currently using thermal imaging equipment to check on the cylinders near the scene of the fire.