A car blaze was among 25 different incidents attended by firefighters in the past two weeks.

Bicester fire crews have tackled a tractor fire on the A41, a car fire on the Banbury Road and a fire at farm buildings near Launton.

The fire station is running a recruitment stall this Friday (August 9) from 9am to 3pm in Sheep Street for anyone considering joining and becoming an on-call firefighter.

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The role involves covering a set number of hours every week around your full time employment and any childcare commitments and responding to emergency call-outs during your contracted cover.

(Image: Bicester Fire Station)

The minimum age to join is 18.

The fire services states that despite a common misconception that there is an upper age limit, you can join up to any age.

Firefighters train every Tuesday night from 7 - 9pm.

Bicester Fire Station will be running the stall again on Friday, August 30.

For details of the recruitment process you can email fire-bicesteroncall@oxfordshire.gov.uk 

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