"did you hear a plane before"
"not entirely sure, could have have been a plane, could have been thunder".
From the bbc just now.
thunder? in Britain? in the winter?
"That is the oil depot they are referring to - it is about 2 miles from my house - the explosion was unbelievable! I did hear a plane just before it happened, however, there are always planes going over here as we are near-ish to Luton airport so that may be a coincidence. Personally I would be surprised if it was terrorists of any sort but then I guess you never know. The flames are still burning though not as fiercely - well not that you can see from here anyway - but the smoke is horrendous. Thick and acrid - it has turned the sky totally black. .... that noise was the scariest thing... people heard from it from so far away too! Not what you expect on a Sunday morning!"340 posted on 12/11/2005 12:08:18 AM PST by hemelresident