There you go (you might have to click on the map to see it in detail) we are just under 8 miles south of the Buncefield depot (correct name: Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd)- 8 miles might seem a fair distance, but the blast was extrordinarily loud and blew our loft hatch open. If you are interested in the blast and fire itself, here is an excellent website. There was a big impact locally, my son's school was closed for two days as was the library and we had a marvellous (if that's the word) view out of our bedroom window. Thank God no one was killed.

Some pictures of the fire. What a bloody mess.

Anyway, that's enough of the blast itself - back on to the world's most intruiging subject (not) where do the pipes run that go out of Buncefield and onto Heathrow?

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