Buncefield Anniversary: A look at the explosion and the fallout from it 10 years on

Buncefield fire

The explosion at the Buncefield oil depot on 11 December 2005 was the largest explosion ever in Europe during peacetime. Safeguards failed and as a result a fuel tanker overflowed.

The ensuing fire raged for three days. No one was killed or seriously injured but the damage was severe.

Below are articles from the Post archive which show how the disaster panned out and how the insurance industry was affected. This includes the impact it had on business interruption and subrogation in the insurance market.

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