# Oil depot explosion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-depot-explosion/335126>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 11, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-depot-explosion/335126 "2005-12-11T10:18:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-depot-explosion/335126/1 "2005-12-11T10:18:21Z")

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[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4517962.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4517962.stm)

This is just a bit down the M1 from me. About 10 miles away.

I looked round the house and went back to sleep.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-depot-explosion/335126/2 "2005-12-11T11:06:18Z")

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[T’other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349031).