One person has been killed, three are missing and five in hospital after a building collapsed at Didcot Power Station, Thames Valley fire service has said.
It follows accounts of a loud explosion at the site in south Oxfordshire.
There are reports the collapse was part of planned demolition work at the site.
A GMB union official told the Press Association: "We understand that workers were preparing two boilers for demolition in the coming weeks. This led to the collapse of a building."
Didcot A, a disused oil and gas plant, is currently being demolished, but a natural gas plant, Didcot B, is still functioning on the site.
Rodney Rose, deputy leader of Oxfordshire County Council, told the Oxford Mail: "I have been told there has been one fatality.
"At the moment this is being treated as a collapsed building, not an explosion, but there was a bang.
A Hazardous Area Response Team, six ambulances and two air ambulances were at the scene, South Central Ambulance Service said.
Picture show a large part of the a former oil and gas plant on the site - called Didcot A - has collapsed.
The power station has been listed for demolition but no activity was scheduled for Tuesday.
David Cooke, who works in a building next to Didcot station, said: "Our building shook and as we looked out of the window, the end of the main turbine hall collapsed in a huge pile of dust."
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