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Buncefield fire
The
Buncefield fire
was a major
conflagration
caused by a series of
explosions
on 11 December 2005 at the
Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal
, an oil storage facility located near the
M1 motorway
by
Hemel Hempstead
in
Hertfordshire
, England. The terminal was the fifth largest oil-products storage depot in the United Kingdom, with a capacity of about 60,000,000 gallons of fuel. The terminal is owned by
TOTAL UK Limited
(60%) and
Texaco
(40%).
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