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This data is from the European Hydrogen Incidents and Accidents database HIAD 2.1, European Commission, Joint Research Centre.

Fire on a Bus While Refueling
The fire developed on a hydrogen bus during filling, and was detected due to the development of smoke and a smell of burned materials.The power cable of the compressor had overheated. Two are the possible causes: (1) the cable had been wrongly installed or fixed, or (2) the electrical system had caused too high current in the cable. The corrective actions have been:(a) To ship the affected component to the manufacturing company for inspection(b) To replacement of the affected component with a new one. (c) To perform an inspection of the system on all the other buses in function.
Event Date
May 10, 2022
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Cause Comments
The immediate cause was the overheating of an electrical cable during refueling. Two are the possible causes or this: (1) the cable had been wrongly installed or fixed, or (2) the electrical system had caused too high current in the cable.
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
power cable
Storage/Process Medium
Location Type
Location description
Unknown
Operational Condition
Pre-event Summary
It happened during refueling
Consequences
Number of Injured Persons
1
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
The corrective actions have been:(a) To ship the affected component to the headquarter for inspection(b) To replacement of the affected component with a new one. (c) To perform an inspection of the system on all the other buses in function.
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References

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