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HOS addresses Buncefield claims
10th August 2006, Page 14
10th August 2006
Page 14
Page 14, 10th August 2006
— HOS addresses Buncefield claims
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HERTFORDSHIRE Oil Storage (HOS), which owns part of the Buncefield oil depot, has set up a committee to handle the mountain of claims from local residents, businesses and insurance firms.
There are believed to be more than 3,000 claims in the pipeline for damages caused when the depot exploded into flames on 1 l December last year. causing millions of pounds worth of damage.
A spokesperson for HOS says the company is assisting people and businesses to make claims through their insurers: "Some aren't insured and as an act of goodwill the company is making payments to some of the companies that have suffered."
She adds that the business has also donated £250,000 to the Mayor's Recovery Fund which is helping blast victims.