The Blog of Lone

Our reporter near the scene gives exclusive eye witness accounts of shocking events in sleepy suburbia.

“Today was the day the skys turned black for sleepy countryside town Harpenden.  At 6am this morning residents were woken by a massive explosion as a fuel depot just past nearby Redbourne was blown apart.  The fuel depot was one of the 5th largest in the country and 40 people were injured in the resulting blast, 4 seriously.

One eye witness report told of what sounded like a massive thunder clap and that his attic door was blown up into the attic and insulation came raining down into the hall.  Other local residents were not as lucky.  Many nearer the blasts, the second and third occuring at roughly 6:20 and 6:30 am, have had windows blown in and roofs blown off and have had to be evacuated, as the smoke billowing from the 200 foot high flames is toxic.  Police advise residents in the local area to stay indoors.  Not that they could go anywhere anyway, the nearby M1 is closed for several junction and likely to remain so for at least a day. 

The fire service have released a statement stating that because of the nature of the fire they cannot put it out, instead they must let it burn itself out.  With all the smoke and ash in the air, I personally, predict that for many, it’s going to be a very merry black Christmas.

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