What the records say
- When
- 11 Dec 2005
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 51.76° N, 0.42° W
- Description
- conflagration, resulting from explosions at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal on 11 December 2005
Buncefield fire
2005 oil storage fire and explosion in England
The Buncefield fire was a major fire at an oil storage facility that started at 06:01 UTC on Sunday 11 December 2005 at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal, located near the M1 motorway, Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, England. The terminal was the fifth largest oil-products storage depot in the United Kingdom, with a capacity of about 60 million imperial gallons (270,000 m3) of fuel.
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