Here we look at photos from the Oxford Mail archive from 31 years ago in 1992.
It was a year when a Banbury print works caught fire, and visitors to the Westgate Centre including City of Oxford Silver Band and some fundraising clowns.
A massive blaze engulfed the Altovar print works building in March 1992.
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More than 100 firefighters tackled the inferno which at one point threatened a neighbouring petrol depot and a large tank of solvent thinner.
A huge column of smoke and flames could be seen for miles as the blaze took hold of printing works, a former furniture store in Station Approach.
Fifteen people were evacuated amid fears that the building would collapse, but in the end no one was injured.
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One eyewitness said they saw slates on the roof “pop like gunfire” during the blaze.
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This story was written by Andy Ffrench, he joined the team more than 20 years ago and now covers community news across Oxfordshire.
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