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11/12/2006
Buncefield explosion marked one year on
There has been a plaque unveiled this morning at 6.01am to mark the first anniversary of the Buncefield oil depot.
The blaze at the depot, which was the biggest in peacetime Europe, occurred when a petrol storage tank overflowed and the leaking petrol caught fire.
Local community leaders and fire crews unveiled a small plaque made from part of an oil tank at the nearby Leverstock Green cricket pitch.
The Maylands Business Park which was severely damaged in the blast was re-opened in a ceremony. The majority of companies have returned to the site which has seen most of the businesses reopen in the past year.
However, the Buncefield Oil Depot site remains closed as investigations into the explosion and fire continue.
(SP/KMcA)
The blaze at the depot, which was the biggest in peacetime Europe, occurred when a petrol storage tank overflowed and the leaking petrol caught fire.
Local community leaders and fire crews unveiled a small plaque made from part of an oil tank at the nearby Leverstock Green cricket pitch.
The Maylands Business Park which was severely damaged in the blast was re-opened in a ceremony. The majority of companies have returned to the site which has seen most of the businesses reopen in the past year.
However, the Buncefield Oil Depot site remains closed as investigations into the explosion and fire continue.
(SP/KMcA)
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Tanker driver questioned over oil depot fire
Police have interviewed a tanker driver who fears he may have triggered the blaze at the Buncefield oil depot. A friend of the driver told ‘The Sun’ newspaper that the driver feared he was responsible for the explosion, which started the massive fire on Sunday morning, because he flicked his engine cut-out switch after detecting a leak of vapour.
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Storage tank 'overflowed' at Buncefield
A report into the Buncefield oil depot explosion has found that a storage tank at the depot was overflowing for more than 40 minutes before the explosion. Petrol flowed into the tank at the Hertfordshire depot for 11 hours prior to the explosion on the morning of December 11 last year, the report stated.
Storage tank 'overflowed' at Buncefield
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Heroic Tyne Firemen Honoured
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