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Buncefield report urges similar sites to make immediate safety checks — by Murdo Maguire — last modified 13-07-2006 19:17

Sites similar to Buncefield have been issued an urgent warning to make checks on a type of safety system that failed at the Hertfordshire oil depot.

Buncefield - tanks overflowed for forty minutes — by Murdo Maguire — last modified 10-05-2006 07:27

A storage tank at the Buncefield oil depot was overflowing for more than 40 minutes before it exploded, causing a 32-hour inferno, a report has said. Fuel was piped into the tank for 11 hours before the blasts on 11 December.

Safety failures caused Buncefield blast — by Murdo Maguire — last modified 10-05-2006 06:58

The Buncefield oil depot blew up after safety systems failed, investigators said. A gauge on a tank got stuck, allowing hundreds of tons of unleaded petrol to spill out, a report into the explosion at the Buncefield terminal in December concluded.

Buncefield explosion findings published today — by Murdo Maguire — last modified 09-05-2006 07:51

A report into the massive blaze at the Buncefield fuel depot, near Hemel Hempstead, is expected to blame mechanical failure and human error. It is believed one of the storage tanks was overfilled with petrol but neither workers nor the alarm system detected high levels of fuel vapour. But the Health and Safety Executive will not specifically blame anyone, to avoid prejudicing criminal proceedings.

Buncefield: Fog of vapour 'behind oil blasts' — by admin — last modified 16-03-2006 01:01

A fog of petrol fumes and water vapour 200 yards wide moved across the Buncefield oil depot minutes before December's blasts, according to a preliminary report from investigators. But exactly what led to the cloud or caused it to ignite is not yet known.