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To: Big Bad Bob

If you are a subscriber, you can watch the coverage on the BBC web site. I am not, so I'm out of luck.


293 posted on 12/10/2005 11:46:59 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: KittyKares
If you are a subscriber, you can watch the coverage on the BBC web site. I am not, so I'm out of luck.

Isn't that only for British IPs?

All the British radio stations are available. I just switched from BBC5 to 97.6 Chiltern Radio. A lady is reporting her husband was driving a truck nearby and the windows were shattered out.

M1 closed both directions from Junction 6 to Junction 12.

296 posted on 12/10/2005 11:49:43 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4517962.stm

Last Updated: Sunday, 11 December 2005, 07:23 GMT

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"Massive explosions rock oil depot"

SNIPPET: "Police have confirmed there were casualties at the oil depot
Three large explosions have taken place at an oil depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.
Police say there have been casualties, and officers are at the scene. They are describing it as a major incident.

The first blast happened at 0603 GMT, at the Buncefield oil depot, close to the junction 8 of the M1 motorway 10 miles from Luton Airport.

The M1 has been closed both ways. Residents up to 30 miles from the scene reported hearing a "loud boom".

Those living nearby have been evacuated. Many houses have been damaged, with some reporting feeling effects from the explosion as far away as Oxfordshire.

Eye witnesses reported buckled front doors, cracked walls and shattered windows.

Witnesses said another two explosions followed the first at 0626 GMT and 0627 GMT.

The Buncefield depot is a major distribution terminal operated by Total and part-owned by Texaco, storing oil, petrol as well as kerosene which supplies Luton airport.

"We are doing everything we can to support the emergency services and to bring the situation under control," said a Total spokesman.

No further details were available, he added."


300 posted on 12/10/2005 11:51:08 PM PST by Cindy
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