Buncefield Investigation Board publishes final report
The Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board has published its final report and announced the conclusion of its work.
The incident, which occurred at the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom on December 11, 2005, dramatically affecting surrounding local residents and businesses. A series of explosions and subsequent fire destroyed large parts of the Buncefield oil storage and transfer depot, Hemel Hempstead, and caused widespread damage to neighbouring properties.
Lord Newton of Braintree, the chair of the Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board, said: “This final report captures all of our important work over nearly three years in a single publication for the public record. It provides an authoritative summary of the incident and of the Board’s role and work, and brings together for the first time our 78 recommendations into one place. This includes some new elements, for example information on economic impact and the mechanism that produced such a severe explosion at Buncefield. We trust it will prove an invaluable reference document about this major and very serious event.”
See Buncefield Investigation for the complete report.
