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Buncefield fire

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Buncefield fire - conflagration, resulting from explosions at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal on 11 December 2005. Article “Buncefield fire” in English Wikipedia has 95 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 194 references and 23 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Buncefield fire” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Buncefield fire”, its content was written by 369 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 530 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 74 times in English Wikipedia and cited 111 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #51 in December 2005
  • Global: #142 in December 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #26717 in December 2008
  • Global: #46893 in December 2008

There are 7 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Buncefield fire
95
2Italian (it)
Incendio di Buncefield
72.9076
3German (de)
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
26.7993
4Spanish (es)
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
18.8846
5French (fr)
Catastrophe de Buncefield
16.5931
6Finnish (fi)
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
15.8132
7Dutch (nl)
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005
10.7667
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Buncefield fire" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Buncefield fire
1 325 387
2French (fr)
Catastrophe de Buncefield
52 273
3Spanish (es)
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
23 132
4Dutch (nl)
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005
11 758
5German (de)
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
9 954
6Finnish (fi)
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
8 294
7Italian (it)
Incendio di Buncefield
7 889
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Buncefield fire" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Buncefield fire
5 551
2Italian (it)
Incendio di Buncefield
181
3French (fr)
Catastrophe de Buncefield
164
4German (de)
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
151
5Spanish (es)
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
81
6Dutch (nl)
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005
23
7Finnish (fi)
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Buncefield fire" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Buncefield fire
369
2French (fr)
Catastrophe de Buncefield
59
3Dutch (nl)
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005
36
4Spanish (es)
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
21
5Finnish (fi)
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
20
6Italian (it)
Incendio di Buncefield
16
7German (de)
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Buncefield fire" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Buncefield fire
4
2German (de)
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
0
3Spanish (es)
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
0
4Finnish (fi)
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
0
5French (fr)
Catastrophe de Buncefield
0
6Italian (it)
Incendio di Buncefield
0
7Dutch (nl)
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Buncefield fire" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Buncefield fire
74
2French (fr)
Catastrophe de Buncefield
12
3German (de)
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
10
4Spanish (es)
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
6
5Dutch (nl)
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005
5
6Finnish (fi)
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
2
7Italian (it)
Incendio di Buncefield
2
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Tanklagerbrand Buncefield
enEnglish
Buncefield fire
esSpanish
Explosiones del 11 de diciembre de 2005 en Hertfordshire
fiFinnish
Hertfordshiren öljyvaraston palo
frFrench
Catastrophe de Buncefield
itItalian
Incendio di Buncefield
nlDutch
Olieopslagplaatsexplosies in Hemel Hempstead op 11 december 2005

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#26717
12.2008
Global:
#46893
12.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#51
12.2005
Global:
#142
12.2005

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Buncefield fire from Wikipedia articles about Thermobaric weapon, Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions, Flixborough disaster, Buncefield oil depot and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Whereas reading the article about Buncefield fire people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Flixborough disaster, Buncefield oil depot, Inversion, 2021 Balongan refinery explosion and Thermobaric weapon.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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