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

Hydrogen Explosion in a Sodium, Lithium and Chlorine Manufacturing Plant
The incident occurred in the building containing the residues of production. The alarm was given by an employee who heard detonations coming from the building. A few seconds later, the building's fire alarm went off. Following the bursting of a container of sodium residues, a fireproof pallet was consumed without flame. The emergency response team opened the doors of the building to evacuate the smoke and then entered the building. They stopped the burning pallet with a powder extinguisher and performed a flame by means of a thermal camera The intervention is finished before 5 am. The explosion of the container is believed to be due to the presence of moisture. The water, in contact with the sodium, formed hydrogen which exploded due to the temperature increase linked to the exothermic reaction.
Event Date
May 11, 2020
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Cause Comments
According to ARIA, the causes are unknown, but the presence of humidity in the container of sodium is suspected having reacted with the metal to produce hydrogen which ignited due to unknown sources and eventually caused the explosion and the fire.
Facility Information
Application Type
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
sodium, lithium and chorine manufacturing plant, container with metallic sodium
Location Type
Location description
Industrial Area
Currency
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Unknown
Event Nature
Emergency Action
The emergency response team opened the doors of the building to evacuate the smoke and then entered the building. They stopped the burning pallet with a powder extinguisher and performed a flame by means of a thermal camera The intervention is finished after 4 hours.
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References

Event description no 55471 in the French database ARIA (accessed October 2021)

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