Keywords: Buncefield, investigation, storage/distribution terminal, petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, explosion,

Report on the Buncefield explosion

Lucie Ponting | Feature | HSW
01.06.2006

At 5.20 AM on 11 December last year, an oil storage tank at the Buncefield depot in Hertfordshire started to overflow, cascading hundreds of litres of unleaded petrol down the tank's sides. Some 40 minutes later Buncefield was rocked by an explosion heard up to 40 miles away which led, ultimately ...

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