Picture quoted as being taken from Millennium Dome which is redevelopped Docklands area to east of central London. The tall buildings in the foreground right are in Canary Wharf, with the main Canary Wharf tower blocked out almost by the other buildings - you can just see the pyramid top as a black object behind the others.

Below map shows approximate angle of view looking across north and east of London towards fire located north-west of London

Red Adair was a larger than life character.
I noticed one of his many awards was the "Houston Distinguished Sales and Citizenship Award".
Makes me wonder if Sales and Citizenship are inextricably linked in Houston? :unsure:

This is a map showing where Hemel is in relation to London.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...emelLondon.jpg

I live in Hemel, in an area called Gadebridge.

The next link will take you to a map that shows where I am in relation to the oil depot.

Gadebridge can be seen in the centre square on the left hand side of the map &
the Buncefield Oil Depot is, or should I say, was in the centre square on the right hand side....

http://tinyurl.com/8yvqb

I don't have a camera, typically, but I did mange to get one picture with my webcam from my living room window.

It isn't that great :redface:, & it certainly doesn't do justice to how near and how dark the smoke stack was,
but I thought I'd show you it anyway :)

http://tinyurl.com/9a7c7

welcome to the Cellar insomnianiac.

Tell me.... what does the "FM" stand for on some of the areas on your map link?

Thanks for stopping in to tell us about it, insomniac.

How did/does the air smell? You could obviously see the smoke, and probably hear the sirens, but could you smell anything? Or is it all going straight up into the sky? Did you hear the explosion?

Fm stands for Farm... for example Lovetts End Farm, Wood Farm.

If it's the 'Fm' that you are referring to that's a little old English abbreviation for the word 'farm' - we just love to take an opportunity to save ink - even when only two letters are involved!

(Gosh - it must be getting late - I completely missed Wombat's answer that preceded mine.... time for me cocoa, methinks....)

thank you both... just wondering.

Thanks insomnianiac.
How's the air quality where you are? Can you smell the smoke on the ground or is the fire sucking in fresh air from around you? :confused: