Blasts tear through British oil depot

A series of explosions tore through a UK oil depot early today sending flames and smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the sky.

A series of explosions tore through a UK oil depot early today sending flames and smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the sky.

Police and emergency crews raced to the scene of the blasts which rocked Buncefield fuel terminal, near Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, England around 6am.

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