75th anniversary of Pembroke Dock oil bombing fire

Seventy five years ago three German Junkers bombed a Pembrokeshire town - sparking what is believed to have been the UK's largest blaze since the Great Fire of London.

The three planes, escorted by two ME 109 fighters, targeted Admiralty oil tanks above Pembroke Dock, with the resulting blaze lasting 18 days.

More than 22 brigades and 650 men from across the UK were needed to quell it, with five from Cardiff losing their lives.

Ted Owens, 91, who was a 16-year-old messenger boy for the Pembroke Dock Fire Brigade at the time, speaks to BBC Wales' Sarah Moore.

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