(Updated) BREAKING NEWS: Massive Series of Explosions rock Southern England

Sky News UK ^ | December 11, 2005

[Big Bad Bob]

Reports of up to Four Explosions at a fuel depot Near Hemel Hempstead, North West of London, according to Sky

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Update:

Explosion Near London


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Map of the area

Updated: 06:41, Sunday December 11, 2005

There has been a large explosion followed by two smaller blasts in the St Albans area, around 25 miles north of London.

Sky Correspondent Sky Meade has said he can see flames about 200ft in the sky and there appears to be burning fuel.

Speaking by telephone from his home, Meade described "burning tongues" of flames in the sky.

The first blast happened at 6.03am - the other explosions followed about 20 minutes later.

Meade, a seasoned war reporter said he can see what looks like "burning aviation fuel".

"This fire is extremely intense. It is a bright orange glow on the horizon," he said.

Witnesses have told Sky News they heard the blast near Junction 8 of the M1. It is thought to be centred around Bunsfield fuel depot, near Hemel Hempstead.

The blast was felt at Sky Centre - more than 20 miles away in west London.

It was so powerful it blew out the windows at a hotel in Hemel Hempstead. There are reports of injuries there.

And one witness has told how the explosion shook his mother's house and lifted the roof.

Witnesses have told Sky News that emergency services are converging on the area.

Sky News producer Anwar Tambe heard the blast from his home in Luton and is currently stuck in traffic on the M1.

He said blasts are "going off regularly" and debris has blown onto the motorway.

More follows...

[JennysCool]

No surprise there -- it's the weekend.

[Sally'sConcerns]

No, no, no! You're both wrong, everyone knows its the Baptists. They were probably baking a casserole for someone and their oven had a malfunction.

All kidding aside, my prayers go out to those affected by the blasts.

[onyx]

I have a damn satallite and still cannot find even one channel covering this!

[Slings and Arrows]

They're being sarcastic.

[Big Bad Bob]

Just a fuel depot, reports of structual damage near the actual depot.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

The following news brief is an exact quote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4517962.stm
Last Updated: Sunday, 11 December 2005, 06:47 GMT

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Large explosions near fuel depot

A series of large explosions have taken place near Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
The first blast is thought to have happened at about 0600 GMT, near the Bunsfield oil depot, close to the junction 8 of the M1 motorway.

Residents in the area, which is 10 miles from Luton Airport, reported hearing a "loud boom" and flames followed by a smaller explosions.

One eye witness told BBC News: "There are lots of houses damaged."


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ON THE NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Britain&btnG=Search+News

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=explosions&btnG=Search+News

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=explosion&btnG=Search+News

http://www.bbcnews.com
http://www.thisislondon.com

http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.cnn.com

[onyx]

GOOD!
Have you found ANY televised coverage?

[BJungNan]

I can't find ANY TV news on this!

That is par for the course. FR is always hours, if not days ahead of the TV and other regular news outlets.

[eyespysomething]

Hmmm, now rethinking satellite!

No BBC or Sky News coverage?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Tennessee_Bob]

The Religion Of Peace

Islam

[carl in alaska]

Are you serious?...because we're not. We're just having some fun with sarcastic wit (about Amish, Lutherans, etc.)

[roses of sharon]

LOL, thanks!

[oceanview]

I see nothing yet, let's see what happens at the top of the hour.

[Humidston]

You know, we need to invent something that would keep us refreshed on FR without sitting in front of the computer. Maybe something we could carry with us, that we could sneak peeks every now and then, LOL! Hmmm.... Maybe under our pillows!

All three of the news stations are mum so far.

[Slings and Arrows]

Sory, I don't have a functional televison. (By choice, so no sympathy needed.)

[Big Bad Bob]

BBC and SKY are doing wall to wall coverage, report of explosion felt in Whitehall.

[FairOpinion]

I jsut posted this, when the article about the explosions in UK came up:


Terror threat to 'crowded areas' (Nationwide Warning in UK)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538138/posts

SCOTLAND YARD has issued a nationwide alert that Islamist terrorist cells may be plotting a Christmas bombing campaign. The warning was distributed to police chiefs nine days ago by the Yard’s anti-terrorist branch. It follows a series of operations by police and MI5 aimed at disrupting possible attacks by terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda.

The latest warning was sent to the chief constables of the 51 forces in Britain on December 2. It said there was evidence to suggest that Islamist terrorists were planning to carry out bomb attacks against “crowded areas” such as shopping centres, football grounds and train stations.

Senior officers say the alert is not routine and are to increase patrols and searches of potential suspects.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

At least it's not the DU curse.

I can't think of a better group to get slap happy with than those in freeperville. (Great big smile!)

[scott7278]

WAKE UP FOX NEWS!!!