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  • Oil Blast Homes Looted

    12/17/2005 3:25:02 PM PST · by LibWhacker · 12 replies · 656+ views
    Sky News ^ | 12/16/05
    Looters have struck at homes abandoned after the Buncefield oil depot explosion. Burglars have descended on at least three houses and stripped them of contents, such as televisions. Ironically, police ordered householders out of the homes after Sunday's explosion. They told them their homes would be safe in a police cordon. But shocked residents returned home to find their houses ruined - and their possessions gone. Household Aaron Muir told Sky News he was looted three times in three days. "We have been continually looted for the last three evenings," he said. "We have not been allowed to get access...