Fire at main oil depot tank, situated in Hertfordshire under London, is extinguished.
By state on Wednesday morning, all 20 large reservoirs of have been stored. Fire fighters plan to cope with them by mid-Wednesday.
Residents of houses near oil depot, evacuated because of fire, are permitted to return home. On Wednesday classes in schools of Hemel- Hempstead, cancelled in the view of incident, will be restored.
Explosion at oil depot Buncefield took place at 6:00 a.m. of Sunday. It was followed by series of explosions and strong fire started. Buncefield is the 5-th largest oil depot of Great Britain.
The causes of accident are being established, but law machinery representatives, investigating the case, completely exclude version of terrorist action. By tentative data, damage from fire will amount to 350 millions dollars.
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