Overview
- The blaze, reported around 1:52 a.m. Sunday, was confined to an old single‑storey storage building inside the RAF Fairford perimeter with no injuries.
- Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue said multiple crews brought the fire under control and stayed on scene as a precaution after telling residents to keep windows closed because of smoke.
- Local fire investigators described early signs of an accidental origin, and the US Air Force said a formal probe is under way to establish the cause and assess any damage.
- Officials said no RAF personnel fought the fire and no RAF aircraft were affected, though the exact building and any impact on US equipment have not been confirmed.
- Photos and posts shared online pointed to the base commissary, a grocery store for service members, with images showing a collapsed roof, following Saturday’s peaceful protest at the Iran‑mission base by roughly 200 people.