Services for firefighters and father killed

The services are reminded of two firefighters and a 57-year-old man in a fire in an Oxfordshire Business Park, as a local reverend said: “Our hearts are broken”.

The 30 -year -old firefighters Jennie Logan and the 38 -year -old Martyn Sadler died on Thursday evening at the fire at Bicester Motion. David Chester, father of two children who headed a shop at the location and lived in Bicester, was also killed.

The reverend Peter Wright, Rector of Bicester, said: “We hold the families and relatives of those who have lost their lives in our prayers.”

Two other firefighters who have suffered serious injuries are “aware of the hospital and remain in a stable state,” said the Thames Valley police.

The force said they were supported by Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue, and specially trained officials were also deployed by the Thames Valley police.

Services in churches such as St. Mary's Church, Launton and St. Laurence's Church, Caverfield, take place on Sunday and contain prayers for the mourning community.

Mr. Wright added: “We hope that people will come together to support each other.”

People can also light candles, write a prayer card and sign a stipulation book in the church of St. Edburg in Bicester and in the St. Laurence church in Caversfield.

Bicester's city council said that the flags in the Garth House flew with half mast “as an expression of our grief and respect for those who have lost their lives”.

The authority said it was “obliged” to do everything it could, “to support our community in this incredibly difficult time”.

“We will be available for a book by condolences from Monday, 9:00 a.m., and the church of St. Edburg will hold a quiet reflection service that will take place at 7 p.m.

The book will be available from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Garth Park on Launton Road.

People can also sign the covering book between Monday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Both Ms. Logan and Mr. Sadler worked together with the women's team in the Bicester Rugby Union Football Club.

The chairman of the club, Paul Jaggers, described Ms. Logan, who came into the women's vixens team about three years ago, as “a committed and driven number 8 who campaigned to be the best player she could be for the team”.

“It was a friendly, gentle and thoughtful force to calculate that knew what the women's game deserves.”

He said Mr. Sadler had been involved with the club for more than 20 years and played rugby for men for more than 10 years before “hanging up his boots” to support the women's team as an arrival.

He added that he always brought “his contagious smile and his energy into every game”.

The club added: “We will transfer your memories in our hearts into every game, training, social and everyday training”.

At the fire town in Bicester Motion there was more than 50 specialist companies that focused on restoring and engineering of the class cars.

It used to be Raf Bomber Command in World War II and became superfluous in 2004.

Both firefighters worked on the Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Mr. Sadler was also part of the London fire brigade.

On Saturday, an honorary guard was founded by 14 firefighters at the Bicester Fire Station to welcome two of the fire engines sent to the scene.

Firefighters removed their helmets and stood in two lines when the firefighters drove through the entrance.

Flowers were also left behind at the fire station.

The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) said that it would carry out a complete investigation by the incident: “At the moment we mourn our fallen colleagues and friends.”

Mr. Chester, who headed Bicester Motion Family Business Chesters & Sons, joined the property when he was bought 12 years ago and was described as “part of the fabric of our estate and as a friend for all of us”.

“We will appreciate you Dave and you will be painfully missing,” said Daniel Geoghegan, chairman of Bicester Motion.

He added that the father of two was “a pillar of our entire business world”.

On the Chesters & Sons website, it reads that their work in the former RAF base “carefully excavated four buried air raids in times of war so as not to damage the structures so that they can be renovated by another contractor”.

Mr. Geoghegan added that the firefighters had presented “the epitome of the selfless service” and “had gone beyond anything under unprecedented circumstances”.

The fire, which reported at 6:30 p.m., quickly spread through a former aircraft hangar at the location.

Feuerer investigators and the Thames Valley police are working on determining the cause.