Pollution
Humain
Environnement
Economique

In a chemical industry, due to a leaking in the reactor, ethylene gas produced is evacuated to an emergency system. The gas cloud ignited resulting in a violent explosion followed by a fire, which damaged the unit. Nitric acid is released in the atmosphere for about 20 minutes The ethylene gas feeding to the plant was interrupted . The noise of the shock wave was heard up to various km and it caused the breakage of the nearby windows’s glasses. The external emergency plan was activated. The number of people injured has to be confirmed. The material damages are evaluated at 65 M$.

Uninsolated wire feeding the outlet valve is the cause of the explosion.