Oil Blaze at Hemel Hempstead

**Yao** · December 12, 2005, 08:37:41 AM

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I saw it yesterday on the news, really amazing that no-one got killed. Pretty fucked up for the peeps who live there, the residu of an oil fire can be sooooooooooooo dirty.....i guess the whole place will be covered with it.

Looks like a job for Red Adair and his crew

**darkabeatz** · December 12, 2005, 08:40:09 AM

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The massive bang woke me up yesterday, shook the whole room, and i live 50 miles away. the sky looked pretty wierd too, all grey and erie.

I think its amazing how no one was killed.

**mixu** · December 12, 2005, 11:16:25 AM

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A friend of mine lives about half a mile away... he woke at 6am when the windows came in on him. By 9.30am him and his housemates had finished a bottle of whiskey to 'settle their nerves' before they were evacuated.

**picklemonkey** · December 12, 2005, 11:33:01 AM

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that's crazy. I can't imagine hearing a blast like that in paris... or having all windows and doors break open

**nifta** · December 12, 2005, 11:36:08 AM

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yeah, me & the wife got woken up by this.. it set off car alarms down our road... and we live 20 miles away!

crazy

**Steve Graham** · December 12, 2005, 11:36:20 AM

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thats crazy.. i grew up in Hertfordshire.. Letchworth.
I would have been right in the middle of that

**peloquin** · December 12, 2005, 11:47:03 AM

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wow, good that nobody was killed

**GregWhelan** · December 12, 2005, 01:53:10 PM

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It's not as bad as it looks believe me - I work 1 mile away from it and it's more surreal than anything. Granted, I wouldnt have wanted to be about when the blast went off but people are acting quite normally considering. There are loads of press about, and obviously sightseers trying to get a glimpse.

The actual site is a spectacle in itself, 200 foot high flames. I wasn't sure if I could get to work today (have to drive past it) but the roads were quite clear - all schools in Hemel were off today - although I did just leave early as the news said they were halting the fire crews as they believe one more tank might go up.

**peloquin** · December 12, 2005, 02:10:03 PM

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**fletcher** · December 12, 2005, 02:21:50 PM

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yeah that pic is pretty eerie, the light here in Berkshire was really dull yesterday, has been fairly clear here all day.

it didnt wake me up, but my flatmate heard a bang and thought we were being broken into!

**daveman** · December 12, 2005, 03:54:28 PM

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WOW

i can't believe this one. the sound traveled hundreds of miles? wow. amazing that no one was hurt.

**miss_catness** · December 12, 2005, 03:58:02 PM

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does anyone know what happened to cause the blaze yet?

**fletcher** · December 12, 2005, 04:31:48 PM

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Fire chiefs suspect industrial accident, and no evidence points to arson or terrorism.. yet!

**peloquin** · December 12, 2005, 04:35:26 PM

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i heard industrial accident. good thing it was on a weekend, when nobody was there working. imagine if it had been midweek and full of people.

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