Incident Report

Subject:                     Firms Fined for Buncefield Blast

Date of Email report:   Mon 26/07/2010

Report Detail:

Five firms have been ordered to pay almost £10 million between them in combined fines and costs for their parts in the Buncefield oil depot explosion on 11 December 2005. Total must pay £6.2 million, Hertfordshire Oil Storage Limited (HOSL) £2.4 million and British Pipeline Agency Ltd £780,000. TAV Engineering Ltd and Motherwell Control Systems were told at St Albans Crown Court they must pay £1,500 each. A massive vapour cloud ignited when 250,000 litres of petrol leaked from one of the Buncefield tanks, injuring 43 people