A 28-railcar convoy, with 3 cars carrying hazardous substances, derailed at 2:25 am right at the train station in the middle of the city, just a few tens of metres from the closest residential buildings. The 11-kV drop in cables[...]
The vapour space of two 100-m³ heavy fuel oil tanks, both built with stationary and nonflexible roofs, exploded inside a barrack. Welds on the shell/bottom junction were torn apart. The first tank, containing 7 m³ of hydrocarbon, loosened and fell[...]
At 7.10 am, 300 kg of phosphorus trichloride (PCl3) spilled over from a measuring tank during a loading operation and hydrolysed in the sewers of a chemical plant. The day before, 1,320 kg of 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid was introduced into a[...]
A leak occurred at the level of a fitting on a 12" racking pipe located downstream of the foot valve on a 4,525 m³ tank containing unleaded gasoline with a 98 octane rating (SP98). The retention basin of this tank[...]
At a hydrocarbon depot located in an urbanized zone, welding work was underway on the "emergency access track". At 11:15 am, a leak of premium-grade gasoline occurred, succeeded by a sudden flash. Site technicians attempted to extinguish the ensuing pool[...]
A 22-railcar convoy derailed at 11:50 pm in a small town of 2,000 residents; 9 tanks carrying 80 m³ of unleaded fuel spilled, ignited and exploded. This burning gasoline consumed dwellings and reached the sewer system. Electricity had to be[...]
An explosion occurred around 1:00 am in a single-family dwelling. On their return from a trip, the homeowner by drawing hot water from a tap caused the water heater to turn on, causing ignition of the hydrocarbon vapours that had[...]
Five tons of liquid propane leak occurred during transferring from a tank car to a propane sphere. The leak was caused by a malfunctioning rupture unit on a loading arm in which only 2 of the 3 rupture blades ruptured.[...]
While conducting earthworks, a loader punctured an oil pipeline (Ø = 400 mm), buried 1.2 m deep and carrying naphtha at a pressure of 8-10 bar. Emanating from a 30 cm² opening, a jet spray 5 to 10 m high[...]
At 9:45 am, a vehicle transporting nearly 800 kg of explosives exploded while making a U-turn on a company's premises within an industrial park where it had taken a wrong turn. The lorry, specially equipped to transport up to 5[...]
