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[RTKangaSantaMummy]

ALL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED

LIBRARIES ARE CLOSED

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Buncefield Depot Explosion ? services affected
Many schools and county council facilities will be closed tomorrow (Monday, December 12) as a result of this morning?s explosions and fire at the Buncefield Fuel Depot, Hemel Hempstead.

The decision to close the schools has been taken after seeking expert advice about the plume of smoke above the blaze and the potential risk to health, and the likelihood of severe traffic congestion.

The council has also decided to close day centres, libraries, the household waste site and other county council buildings in the Hemel area.

The following day centres will be closed on Monday
Jarman Day Centre, Old Crabtree Lane, St Albans Lane, Hemel, HP2 4EX
Greenhills, Tenzing Road, Hemel HP2 4HS
Jubilee Day Services, Catherine Street, St Albans, AL3 5NX
Butterwick Day Services, Hill End Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TX
Borehamwood Day Services, Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood, WDX 4EI
Balmoral Day Services, Clive Way, Station Estate, Watford, WD24 4PX
Shepherd Centre, Middleton Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 2JP
Northwick Day Centre, Northwick Road, South Oxhey, WD19 6RS

The following libaries will be closed on Monday
Abbots Langley
Addeyfield
Borehamwood
Bovingdon
Bushey
Chorleywood
Croxley Green
Cunningham Hill
Fleetville
Harpenden
Hemel Central
Kings Langley
Leverstock Green
London Colney
Marshalswick
Radlett
Redbourn
Rickmansworth St Albans Central
Watford Central
Watford North
Wheathampstead
Also mobile libaries will not run in the areas affected.

As this is a constantly changing situation we will be updating these messages regularly and residents can also ring 01438 737555 or ( from area codes 01923 and 0208) 01923 471555 from 8am to 8pm weekdays, and 9am to 4pm on Saturdays.

The county council is advising residents to stay in, shut windows and doors and tune into local radio stations. If windows are shattered, put plastic/polythene over them to stop the smoke entering your home.

The advice from doctors is that people in the plume could be affected by smoke-related symptoms, such as eye, skin or respiratory tract irritation, while people in surrounding areas could find that existing conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis could be made worse.

Avoid breathing in the smoke - if residents need health advice they are advised to call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47.

Non-residents are asked to avoid the area if at all possible.

Local radio stations include
Chiltern Radio 97.6
BBC 3 Counties 104.5

Private householders whose houses have been damaged are advised to take whatever immediate action they can themselves (e.g. calling out local glaziers, etc), and then contact their insurance companies. Any householders with major structural concerns about their homes should contact Dacorum Borough Council?s building control service on 01442 228221/01442 228222. Council tenants are advised to contact Dacorum Borough Council on 01442 228221/01442 228222

Primary Schools Closed
Abbots Langley
Abbots Langley School
Bedmond Village Primary and Nursery
Divine Saviour RC Primary

Bovingdon
Bovingdon Primary

Bushey
Ashfield Junior School
Bournehall Primary
Bushey Manor Junior
Highwood Primary
Little Reddings Primary
Meryhill Infant and Nursery
Oxhey Infant
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Bushey Heath Primary
Hartsbourne Primary
Chipperfield
St Pauls CofE Va Primary

Chorleywood
Chorleywood Primary
Christchurch CofE School
The Russell

Croxley Green
Harvey Road Primary
Little Green Junior
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery
Yorkmead Primary

Elstree and Borehamwood
St Nicholas Elstree CofE VA Primary

Harpenden
Crabtree Infants
Crabtree Junior
The Grove Infant and Nursery
The Grove Junior
High Beeches Primary
The Lea Primary
Manland Primary
Roundwood Primary
Sauncey Wood Primary
St Dominics RC Primary
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary
Wood End

Hemel Hempstead
Aycliffe Drive
Barncroft
Bellgate
Belswains
Boxmoor
Broadfield Infants
Broadfield Junior
Brockswood
Chambersbury
Chaulden Infants and Nursery
Chaulden Junior
Eastbrook
Gade Valley
George Street
Hammond JMI and Nursery
Hobbs Hill Wood
Hobletts Manor Infant and Nursery
Hobletts Manor Junior
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery
Holtsmere End Junior
Jupiter Drivev Leverstock Green CofE Primary
Lime Walk
Martindale
Micklem
Pixies Hill
The Reddings Primary
Rossgate Primary
South Hill Primary
St Albert The Great RC Primary
St Cuthbert Maine RC Junior
St Rosas Catholic Infants
Tudor Primary
Two Waters Primary

Kings Langley
Kings Langley Primary

Langleybury
St Pauls CofE Primary

London Colney
Bowmans Green Primary
London Colney JMI
St Bernadette RC Nursery and Primary

Markyate
Markyate Village School and Nursery

Nash Mills
Nash Mills CofE Primary

Radlett
Fairfield Junior
Hertsmere Jewish Primary
Newberries Primary
St Johns CofE Infant and Nursery

Redbourn
Redbourn Infant and Nursery
Redbourn JM

Rickmansworth/Maple Cross
Arnett Hills JMI
Maple Cross JMI
Rickmansworth Park JMI
Shepherd Primary School
St Johns RC Primary
St Mary's CofE Primary
St Peters CofE Primary
Eastbury Farm JMI

Sandridge
Sandridge School

Sarratt
Sarratt CofE

Shenley
Clore Shalom
Shenley Primary

South Mimms
St Giles CofE Primary

St Albans
Howe Wood Primary
Park Street Primary and Nursery
The Abbey CofE VA School
Aboyne Lodge
Bernards Heath Infant
Bernards Heath Junior
Camp Primary and Nursery
Cunningham Hill Infant
Cunningham Hill Junior
Fleetville Infant and Nursery
Fleetville Junior
Gardenfields
Killigrew Infant and Nursery
Killigrew Junior
Mandeville Primary
Maple
Margaret Wix Primary
Oakwood Primary
Praewood Primary
Skyswood
Ss Albans RC Infant and Nursery
SS Albans RC Junior
St Adrian's RC Primary School and Nursery
St John Fisher RC Primary
St Michaels CofE Primary
St Peters
Wheatfields Infant and Nursery
Wheatfields Junior
Windermere Primary

Watford Rural
Greenfields Primary
Oxhey Wood
St Josephs RC Primary
Warren Dell
Woodhall

Watford
Beechfield
Bromet Primary
Cassiobury Infant and Nursery
Cassiobury JMI
Central Primary
Chater Infant
Chater Junior
Cherry Tree Primary
Field Infant and Nursery
Field Junior
Holyrood RC Infant
Holyrood RC Junior
Holywell JMI
Knutsford
Lawrence Haines School
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery
Nascot Wood Junior
The Orchard Primary
Parkgate Infants and Nursery
Parkgate Junior
St Anthony RC Primary
St Meryl School
Alban Wood Primary and Nursery
Leavesden Green
Kingswood
Kingsway Infant
Kingsway Junior
Coates Way JMI and Nursery
St Catherine of Sienna

Wheathampstead
Beech Hyde Primary
St Helens CofE Primary

Secondary Schools Closed
Abbots Langley
Parmiters
St Michaels RC
Francis Combe

Bushey
Queens
Bushey Meads
Bushey Hall

Chorleywood
St Clement Danes

Colney Heath
Beaumont
Nicholas Breakspear RC

Croxley Green
Rickmansworth

Elstree and Borehamwood
Hertswood

Harpenden
Roundwood Park
St Georges
Sir John Lawes

Hemel Hempstead
Astley Cooper
John F Kennedy RC
The Cavendish
Adeyfield
The Hemel Hempstead
Longdean
Dacorum Education Support Centre

Kings Langley
Kings Langley

Sandridge
Sandringham

St Albans
Townsend CofE
St Albans Girls
Loreto RC Girls College
Verulam
Marlbrough
Francis Bacon

Watford
Watford Boys
Watford Girls
Westfield
Chessbrook ESC






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[NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles]

Crikey!

Wonder how long it's going to take to get things up and running again?

[aprilgirl]

know this is completly least of people affecteds worries but asseenonscreen has also been affected... wanted a jumper off there just tried to order it but its been damaged by the explosion.... just incase anyones got anything on order!!

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

all the ones listed below

but don't know about all the county

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

sorry was talking on phone at same time should have put all schools in this part of herts

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

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[PantomimEDAMe]

Blimey, that's every single school in my town. You can see the cloud but it hasn't actually had any effect here. Do you think they are overreacting?

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

THIS IS A QUOTGE FROM THE HERTS POLICE WEBSITE





December 11, 2005
Final update of the day
By Corporate Communication Dept

A final update on the Buncefield Oil Depot incident for this evening.

We can confirm again that schools, libraries and day centres across the county will be closed tomorrow. This is to ease traffic congestion.

For further information, please check www.hertsdirect.org, or www.herts.police.uk which has lists of those schools affected by these closures. If you cannot get onto the internet, listen to local radio stations and as a last resort, ring the schools directly.

In terms of casualties, the final update is 41 people have suffered minor injuries during this incident and a further two people will remain in hospital overnight.

Once again we would advise people in the first instance to contact NHS Direct on 0845 46 47. Equally if people feel seriously ill to make contact with out of hours GP or in extreme circumstances attend their A&E.

Once again the main message is stay in, keep windows closed and remain listening to local news programmes

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

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[anorak]

May I add Mount Pleasant Lane junior school to that list. It should be on there but has been missed off the website.

Thank you Christie for informing me about that.

Now I've just got to put up with my kids bored and bickering all day stuck in the house for the second day running

[mummycan]

Lots of schools closed again tomorrow
see here

[GoodQueenSpursmum]

I live in Hatfield which is roughly 15-20 miles away and they are closing half of the schools over here too.
We are not even in the smoke path!!
Can someone explain why they are shutting schools so far away?

[elastamum]

We live in St Albans and I cant understand why all these schools are closed as there is absolutely no problem here or in Harpenden or in Redbourn or in the villages. My sons school is a private prep and is very much open and running a normal day. We can see the plume from our house ans could see the flames from the lanes on the way there this morning but there is no smog. the school runs an emergancy phone rely in case of really bad weather anyway and would call us if they were concerned. I can understand closing Adeyfields or leverstock green schools but not the rest. Maybe the LEA just fancied a couple of days of

[highlight]

We are in buckinghamshire and they have closed all schools within a 10 mile radius of the blast site tomorrow so all chesham, amersham and litle chalfont schools are closed tomorrow. They were open today but the children weren't allowed outside to play

[misdee]

schools here are open, unless its because we have been forcast dirty rain.

[sparklymieow]

a few schools in WGC have been closed, don't know why we didn't even get the smoke over us, we could see the smoke, but it never came over.

[sparklymieow]

DH said its because the teachers want extra xmas shopping days

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

DS has had very bad chest with his asthma today

his school was closed and is tomorrow as well

and I am not sure I would allow him to have gone to school especially NOT out to play

[sparklymieow]

are some of the schools in WGC and hatfield closed because of the air quality??

[RTKangaSantaMummy]

I know this is totally weird and not really related but I let our 2 cats outside today for the first time since the fire and when they went out they stood and sniffed the air in a very strange way as if they could smell something. They stood just outside the door smelling the air.

We are about 8 miles away and in a valley

[elastamum]

We could smell the smoke when we got home last night but I think we have just got used to it. My asthma is pretty ropey at the moment but I think it is just the time of year