Satellite snaps smoke plume over Britain.
Explosions at an oil depot near London on 11 December created one of Europe's biggest ever industrial fires. This image, taken by the Envisat satellite five hours after the initial blast, shows the resulting plume of smoke — it spans more than 140 km. Up to 270 million litres of fuel were held in the 20 tanks that exploded at the Buncefield site.
Explosions at an oil depot near London on 11 December created one of Europe's biggest ever industrial fires. This image, taken by the Envisat satellite five hours after the initial blast, shows the resulting plume of smoke — it spans more than 140 km. Up to 270 million litres of fuel were held in the 20 tanks that exploded at the Buncefield site.
