Oil depot tank fires out

The Buncefield oil depot fire – thought to be the largest peacetime blaze seen in Europe – was tonight defeated after burning for nearly 60 hours, a fire chief said.

All 20 oil tanks which caught fire at the depot in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, following a series of explosions at 6am on Sunday have been extinguished, Hertfordshire’s chief fire officer Roy Wilsher.