Buncefield fire

conflagration, resulting from explosions at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal on 11 December 2005
Event conflagration Q19184
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Buncefield fire

Summary

Buncefield fire is a conflagration[1]. It draws 370 Wikipedia views per month (conflagration category, ranking #14 of 132).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buncefield fire is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Buncefield fire's image is recorded as Buncefield015.jpg[4].
  • Buncefield fire's instance of is recorded as conflagration[5].
  • Buncefield fire's location is recorded as Hemel Hempstead[6].
  • Buncefield fire's Commons category is recorded as Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire[7].
  • Buncefield fire's point in time is recorded as +2005-12-11T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Buncefield fire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.76361111, 'lon': -0.42388889}[9].
  • Buncefield fire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/098sht[10].
  • Buncefield fire's BBC Things ID is recorded as f9da8dd1-c5d8-45b3-9af3-8599f7ce56d4[11].

Why It Matters

Buncefield fire draws 370 Wikipedia views per month (conflagration category, ranking #14 of 132).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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