One of history’s most violent explosions may have been caused by trees
In the early morning hours of December 11, 2005, Europe experienced its biggest peacetime explosion ever. The vapor from almost 200 tons of petrol at a fuel storage depot in Buncefield, UK had ignited, obliterating the facility in a colossal combustion reaction that defied reason. That’s not an exaggeration, by the way — the explosion…
