No deaths as explosions rip through fuel depot

A POTENTIALLY serious loss of life was averted when a series of explosions and fire ripped through a major fuel depot in Hertfordshire in the early hours of yesterday morning.

This was mainly due to the fact the initial explosion happened at 6am when residents were in bed and the streets unusually empty.

Yesterday I was awakened by a massive thumping noise which triggered the fire alarm system in the building where I live, approximately 10 miles from Hemel Hempstead, near the site of the explosion.