Buncefield firms to pay out ￡9.4m for safety and pollution offences

摘要

Five companies were fined a total of ￡5.3m in July for their role in the largest peacetime explosion in Europe and the resulting groundwater pollution. Costs added ￡4m to the bill.rnThe incident at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd (HOSL) Buncefield site in Hemel Hempstead in December 2005 injured 43 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. Chief executive of Dacorum Borough Council Daniel Zammit had said it was "miraculous no one was killed".