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H2 Tanker Ignites in California - Compressed hydrogen gas inside a tanker truck caught fire sending a hissing flame as high as 60 feet into the air and forcing the evacuation of a one-mile stretch…
A man was burned when a fire broke out as a hydrogen cylinder was being changed in a governmental research centre. It was reported that the fire was started by a spark from a wrench. The sprinkler…
Overpressure caused a cylinder head of a gas compressor to fail causing release of hydrogen followed by a fire during the start-up of the compressor after maintenance.
Three workers were asphyxiated when argon and hydrogen gas leaked from pipes they were installing on an aromatics plant being built on a cracking complex.
the hazmat crews evacuated the workers at the Atmel building and established a safe zone. The crews used liquid nitrogen. The biggest danger was the chance of explosion
A huge car crash take place on the highway A4/E70 between Padua and Trieste, North of Italy. More than 250 cars were involved. More than 13 persons died and more than 90 injured. The main reason of…
Explosion at Shreveport refinery involving hydrogen injured a worker
The fire occurred in the hydrogen treatement unit of hydrodesulfurisation plant.
Due to unsealing of flange connection in a heat exchanger, hydrogen leaked and ignited. At 20 m height, under pressure of 0,25 MPa.
In a plant manufacturing chlorate products, a hydrogen leak occurred via the water drainage outlet onto the factory floor. Pressure in the hydrogen line increased because the hydrogen pipes were…
Dyestuffs intermediates plant. Hydrogen escaped from leak in pipeline connection to cylinder. Householders nearby evacuated for a short while.
A fire was sparked by a hydrogen leak at a Goodrich plant around 9:50 a.m. Friday, safety officials said. "Apparently the hydrogen caused a fire when it hit the air," said Chief Alex Rodriguez of the…
An incident occurred on a compressor at a refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) plant involving hydrogen. Source of ignition was hot surface.
The laboratory works with soil bacteria that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen. As a result, research work is conducted inside a plastic chamber in which the chemical constituents in the air…
A hydrogen explosion happened at a chemical plant in Cheshire, UK where 18 tons of hydrogen gas went up. The firefighters were on the scene tackling the fire quickly and efficiently.
A number of minor explosions occurred in the interrupter pot on a chlorine cell. No injuries or damage were reported.No previous explosion shad occurred which was taken to indicate that hydrogen…
An explosion or fire occurred in a hydro-treatment unit which was processing Fluid Catalytic Cracking feedstock. It was caused by a failure in a pipe downstream from a separator, resulting in the…
Hydrogen leak from a valve, with delayed ignition and consequent engulfing fire.The bonnet of a 2 inch valve on hydrogen quench line of a lube oil hydrotreater began to leak.The operative conditions…
Leak of hydrogen at a refinery which may have been caused by a faulty compressor.
A road tanker was being loaded with liquid hydrogen from a 15,000 gallon storage tank, when fire broke out after 1 inch rupture disk failed, ignition source was a loose connection in down stream…