LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - French energy group Total is solely liable for thousands of claims arising from a 2005 oil depot explosion at Buncefield, England, the British High Court ruled on Friday.

Still taking actions in response to the Dec. 11, 2005 Buncefield oil depot fire, Britain's Health and Safety Executive is taking public comments until May 22 on a document intended to shape its future ...

Wayne Crossman, a firefighter deployed to the oil depot after the huge explosion in 2005, suspects firefighting foam contributed to his myeloid leukaemia The oil depot fire raged for three days.

One year after Britain’s largest peacetime explosion, local residents are still waiting for compensation for the damage caused by the blast. At 6 a.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2005, a huge explosion ...

A firefighter has recalled the "total devastation" he witnessed when he arrived at the site of the Buncefield oil depot shortly after it exploded in December 2005. David Humphreys, now retired, was ...

Some 43 people were injured after a huge blast, which registered 2.9 on the Richter scale, sent 60 million gallons of petrol up in flames. An inquiry revealed a storage tank had overflowed, causing a ...