- Oil terminal fire in Hemel Hempstead -

[Pulchritudinous]

There have been Oil terminal explosions in Hemel Hempstead/St Albans oil terminals, some witnesses claim they saw a plane go down just before the explosion, but it hasn't been proven..hmm hope it's not another terroist attack.
There have been casualties, I'm not sure about deaths, but some places nearby have been evacuated, and people heard the explosion from upto 30 miles away.

I saw it on the news, and there is a massive cloud of bellowing black smoke, and huge flames, apparently 60 ft high, and the fire is too fierce to fight.

[Chaz]

I herard it i live right next to it! (stevenage)

woke me up!!! sounded like an earthquake

[timROGERS]

I've heard about it. Terrorism?

[Chaz]

Police are sayin its 'accident' but apparently people saw a plane crah into it ??

it was loud though!

[0verRide]

:o Near St Albans?! wow thats not to far from where i live, i hope everyone is ok :(

[Chaz]

did it not wake you up?

[0verRide]

well im not that..... closee to st albans, about half and hour away by the 84 bus ;P

[Jordan3]

I live right near it, scared the sh-t out of me, I thought it was a bomb or something. Apparently people in Surrey and Bristol heard it.

[Kardan]

I never heard about it until I signed on this morning...

One of my friends literally lives there and there's smoke all over her house...

[TealArms]

No one has been evacuated they are just asking people to keep windows and doors shut

[Chaz]

Theres been a few injerys

[TealArms]

what you could do to see if there really was a plane crash is go into air traffic control panel

[Chaz]

there was no plane involved

[Kardan]

They're evacuating now...

The health risk...

[TealArms]

You guys wanna risk summit?

[Jordan3]

Bearing in mind I live 10 miles/16 kilometres away, this is the view from my window [note; look at the colour of the smoke compared to the rest of the sky]

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9373/photo01209pn.jpg

[Kasabian]

Bearing in mind I live 10 miles/16 kilometres away, this is the view from my window [note; look at the colour of the smoke compared to the rest of the sky]

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9373/photo01209pn.jpg

Alot of people are from luton so it will affect them.
I wanted to watch match of the day but it was Breaking New's So i watched it.

[Jordan3]

I wanted to watch match of the day but it was Breaking New's So i watched it.

Yeah, same here ^-^

[Kasabian]

Yeah, same here ^-^

Do you think it was an 'accident'?
That's what the police are treating it as.