It is an arresting way for a town to promote itself. When Hemel Hempstead throws a party on 11 December to launch its Hemel Hempstead Business Ambassadors project it will start by showing a film of the Buncefield fire, which destroyed part of the town's Maylands office and industrial area, Nearly 100 guests at the multi-let Breakspear Park in Maylands will see a rerun of Europe's largest peacetime fire, which started on Maylands' oil depot and destroyed or damaged 90 offices and industrial buildings, Then will come the message "10 years on" because the party, which aims to encourage business people to bring investment to their town, is taking place on the 10th anniversary of the conflagration.
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