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Former Member
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Anybody else awoken by the Buncefield Oil Depot explosion this morning?
We are about 18miles away as the crow flies, it made our house shake, and scared our 2 year old daughter who had already given us our regular 5:30am wake up call. We can't see anything from where we are but relatives in London can already see the smoke. |
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depriens
Senior Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Jul 29, 2005 Post Count: 350 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Well, I didn't wake up from it, but there was an extra newsbulletin on the tv here in The Netherlands.
----------------------------------------Everyone was afraid that it was some kind of terrorist attack, but I believe they think it was "just" an accident right?   |
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Former Member
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Batchboy --
----------------------------------------I'm a bit to far to have heard it, but the reports remind me of a similar fire at the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting, Indiana, in 1955 (today, Standard Oil is part of BP). The first explosion was almost the same time of day at 6:12 on a Saturday morning. My childhood home in the far southern suburbs of Chicago was about 20 miles away and I remember looking up towards the flames and hearing the explosions. About 67 storage tanks exploded during first two days the eight day fire. One life was lost -- a 3 year old boy was killed as he slept when a section of pipe crashed through the roof of his parents home. Debris from the first explosions rained down on the nearby neighborhoods. Today, terrorism is the first thought people had with this fire. In 1955, we all feared that nuclear war was imminent and that was the first thought of many who heard the first explosions in 1955. I am sure this is what we all needed with the already rising prices of fuel. I pray for the safety of the firefighters and all who live near the depot. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 11, 2005 3:27:05 PM] |
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Former Member
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Well, due to atmospheric conditions it was supposedly heard as far away as the Netherlands. and the BBC is showing satellite images with the plume of smoke clearly visible.
Luckily for me the smoke is heading away from where I live, but this could all change this evening when a weather front moves in. Amazingly they beleive there have been no fatalities, and only 42 injured, 2 seriously with most of the injuries resulting from the blast wave which as damaged a lot of property. Initial reports were of a low flying plane beaing heard just before the explosion, the depot is close to London Luton Airport. bu these have been ruled out. We are being told that there will be no fuel shortages, and not to panic buy, but this depot serves a large area of the country and the oil was piped into it, so to cover its loss they are going to have to find a lot of road tankers to haul it in. As not only did it supply petrol and diesel but 30% of Heathrow Airport's aviation fuel (via pipeline), aviation fuel for Luton and Standsted Aiports, and domestic and industrial fuel oil. |
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GEORGE DOMINIC
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used to be in the fire sevice myself its a miracle nobodys dead .we used to do a lot in the worlds buisiest fire station man 4 man, c feltham london in the 80s. but nothing like this.
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