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An explosion occurred in hydrogen compressor, due to rupture of 4 inch suction pipeline to the compressor. "Hydrogen...exploded and continued to burn until it was extinguished".3 fatalities.
Hydrogen explosion on NPO "Azot" in Rovno, Ukraine.
Release from pressure bottle followed by ignition and perhaps fast deflagration. Nine people affected, including the operator of the bottle.
The incident took place in compression room of methanol synthesis manufactory of ZAO Azot in Severodonetsk. As a result of pipeline destruction mixture of pressurized gases (mostly hydrogen) filled…
A lorry loaded with gaseous hydrogen cylinders caught fire and shut a motorway.No one has been injured.
A malfunction in the turbine generator resulted in a fire and caused the operators to manually shut the reactor. The turbine generator transforms steam into electricity and hydrogen is used as a…
[NOTE: the attribution to hydrogen formation as cause of the explosion is 'probable 'but not fully demonstrated].Two explosions in two different sprinkler systems occurred, wit the same assumed cause…
A hydrogen leakage caught fire in the hydrogen compressor area of the continuous reforming unit. The reforming unit and the hydrocracking unit were immediately stopped. The hydrogen flow was cut off…
The hydrogen leak occurred on a lorry travelling on a motorway. According to Highways England the vehicle was carrying nine cylinders of gas, one of which had a crack and was leaking. The only way to…
Alarm received by firefighters around midnight by a resident who heard abnormal noise under the Beaumont Bridge while walking his dog.Perimeter of security set up very quickly with isolation of the…
the commercial vehicle was traveling when the two-person crew noticed what appeared to be smoke emitting from the tanker trailer. The crew called 911 and safely pulled to the side of the road Fire…
A hose of a hydrogen tanker parked in at a specialised company ruptured. The released hydrogen ignited and exploded, followed by a fire probably fed by the continuously leaking hydrogen. The local…
The event occurred at a hydrogen tank, causing a flare and a displacement of air that threw the contract workers against the refinery's metal structure.The workers were using an electric rotary…
The tanker crashed into the guardrail on a ring ramp leading to a highway. The tanker overturned, and the tank unit plunged more than 20 meters onto a road below.Witnesses reported multiple…
A lorry crashed into a hydrogen tube trailer with considerable speed on the highway A1 near Cologne. The lorry driver was killed. Gas escaped from tubes and valves of three of the nine tanks and was…
A mixture of mainly carbon monoxide and hydrogen was released from a pipeline transferring process gases in a not further specified unit of a chemical plant, generating a flammable mixture which…
This near miss occurred at a depot site with 20 fuel cell buses are operated by a local bus company. A hissing sound was heard coming from a hydrogen tank at the refuelling facility, and the local…
The incident consisted of a leakage of potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) from an alkaline electrolyzer in a renewable hydrogen production plant. One webpage news reported that smoke formation…
The tanker truck was carrying nearly 13,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen. it hit the base of a light pole in the parking lot of a local grocery store as the driver was attempting to turn around.…
A series of explosions at an oil refinery reformer unit caused by a rupture to an 8 inch naphtha and hydrogen feed pipe. The large number of injuries was due to the close proximity of a construction…