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Three Counties Radio,05 Dec 2025,26 mins

Buncefield: Explosion that rocked Hemel Hempstead

BBC Three Counties Radio Special

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Fire raged for days at the oil depot, which held up to 60 million gallons of fuel. Eric Johnson looks back at the blast, the effect on local people, and reveals how “catastrophic failures in safety management” led to the explosion on 11 December 2005. Photo: Getty Images.

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