Tackwood explosion

Febuary 2007

Cambridge,England

At Tackwood Transport a fire has broke out after fuel vapour ignited.
A wittness called Joe recalls the inferno.

I saw smoke, my dad thought it was people burning rubbish but I wasn't convinced when a explosion vibrated the ground and I then said "call 999", but they said not to because they might have already called 999.
Then fire trucks came and I knew that there was a fire.
A nearby B&Q store were evacuated incase of a huge explosion.

We surveyed the damage the next day and the vehicle that they were servicing was destroyed, windows were blown out and the explosions were either acetylene or gas cylinders erupting.

9 workers were in the building when it caught fire but all escaped uninjured.
The company have restored the building and are working like it never happened.
The explosions were BLEVES where a tank of gas or liquid, usally flammable is heated and builds up pressure and bursts.