Posted on 12/10/2005 10:42:38 PM PST by Big Bad Bob
Edited on 12/10/2005 11:05:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Reports of up to Four Explosions at a fuel depot Near Hemel Hempstead, North West of London, according to Sky
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Explosion Near London
The first picture, taken by a Sky News viewer
Map of the area
Updated: 06:41, Sunday December 11, 2005
There has been a large explosion followed by two smaller blasts in the St Albans area, around 25 miles north of London.
Sky Correspondent Sky Meade has said he can see flames about 200ft in the sky and there appears to be burning fuel.
Speaking by telephone from his home, Meade described "burning tongues" of flames in the sky.
The first blast happened at 6.03am - the other explosions followed about 20 minutes later.
Meade, a seasoned war reporter said he can see what looks like "burning aviation fuel".
"This fire is extremely intense. It is a bright orange glow on the horizon," he said.
Witnesses have told Sky News they heard the blast near Junction 8 of the M1. It is thought to be centred around Bunsfield fuel depot, near Hemel Hempstead.
The blast was felt at Sky Centre - more than 20 miles away in west London.
It was so powerful it blew out the windows at a hotel in Hemel Hempstead. There are reports of injuries there.
And one witness has told how the explosion shook his mother's house and lifted the roof.
Witnesses have told Sky News that emergency services are converging on the area.
Sky News producer Anwar Tambe heard the blast from his home in Luton and is currently stuck in traffic on the M1.
He said blasts are "going off regularly" and debris has blown onto the motorway.
More follows...
Most of them stop when they need glasses.
There are a couple of reports now of a plane involved, it would seem.
Seems highly unlikely to me, if that is the case, that it would be anything but a terror attack.
Hope I'm wrong....
We are currently conducting surveillance on a target....
Well, it's now 2:30 and I'm STILL trying. I here a nap calling me this afternoon.
Me too. I was just about to log off.
I know info is sketchy-- but will someone please tell me--- was the guy from "Coldplay" injured??!!! For the love of god-- was he???!!
Did anyone else just read the FNC scroll? I saw the end about "appears to be burning fuel. Blast appear to be going off regularly" (but I missed the beginning)? I was watching local news to see if they return to the story as they lead off sounding like they would. I would imagine that crawler had to do with this story?
Ha!
"What about the plane story from earlier? "
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WHAT plane story? I haven't heard anything.
Last seen getting into a car with his sister, Baba.
Who?
Here we go -- another Fox alert.
Flames are 200 feet into the sky.
NO mention of possible terror.
LOL, I am going to bed too. But I am not a sissy. It is my job to monitor XM's BBC World Service. I have to put the earphones in so as not to wake hubby.
It will be tough, but I think I can handle it. I'll get back to you in the morning.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Buncefield%22&filter=0
http://headlines.virgin.net/story/HHH/A8364681134282092A00
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sky News reported that the scene of the first explosion was at the Buncefield oil terminal in Leverstock Green, near Hemel Hempstead."
Isn't "Baba O'Reilly" a song about an Irish sheep?
"WHAT plane story? I haven't heard anything."
It's all rumours from eyewitnesses so far, pretty much nothing confirmed. Gas leak has also been mooted as a possibility. I tend to think that if a plane had gone down there would have been some confirmation from air traffic authorities by now.
They may not actually know for quite awhile.
In an inferno such as that, any wreckage would be incinerated.
And a small plane might not necessarily be known to be missing...who knows...
On the comments from 100 - 200 there is another mention of plane/s being seen crashing into the depot. I just read it.
I'm listening to BBC radio and they have said little more than what Fox has reported. They are reporting a series of explosions with casualties. They haven't said anything about the cause.
bttt
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