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BLEVE of a propane tanker and fire

27/07/2010
FRANCE

Fire broke out around 11:40 pm on the front bumper of a propane tanker lorry parked near the vehicle repair shop at a company operating as a gas bottle transporter and broker of bulk liquid and liquefied hydrocarbons. This 200-employee[...]

Burst of a superheated steam pipe in a fertilizer factory

28/06/2010
FRANCE

At 11:15 pm, a violent and loud bursting occurs within an ammonia (NH3) synthesis unit at a SEVESO-classified nitrogenous fertiliser plant. The convex base welded to a heat-insulated, high-pressure water vapour pipe connected to catalytic reforming equipment had burst prior[...]

Explosion of LPG wagons

29/06/2009
ITALIE

Shortly after crossing a train station at a speed of 90 km/hr around 11:45 pm, the conductor of a convoy of 14 railcars containing 110 m³ (45 tonnes) of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) felt a jolt and noticed the derailment[...]

Chlorine leak in an industrial gas plant

27/05/2009
FRANCE

Liquid chlorine (Cl2) leaked out inside an industrial gas plant during air pressure drainage of a railcar. The previous day at 2 pm, 2 experienced technicians connected a Cl2 railcar in accordance with the procedure entitled "Railcar acceptance/hook-up", consisting of:[...]

Spreading grain in a silo and leakage of LPG

19/08/2008
FRANCE

2,100 tonnes of wheat and 1,000 tonnes of maize spilled over to the ground at around 1.30 following the rupture of the walls of a 14,900 m³ "sheeting pile" silo built in 1989 and comprising 6 square storage bins (4[...]

Water pollution

22/04/2008
FRANCE

In a wood processing plant, the door on an autoclave suddenly opened while its contents (wood + wood treatment product) were still pressurised at 11 bar inside. Given the door's dimensions and the pressure setting, the product spewed out of[...]

Chemical plant fire

17/03/2008
ALLEMAGNE

During maintenance works, a leak occurred at 2:26 pm on a joint inside a blocking station located near the connection between an ethylene pipeline serving several plants and a Y-branch supplying a plastics factory. A stationary monitoring camera recorded the[...]

Oil spill in an estuary during a transfer operation

16/03/2008
FRANCE

While loading 31,000 m3 of bunker fuel in a ship, a leak in a refinery transfer hose resulted in a major oil spill in the Loire estuary. At 4.10 pm, a person on a barge observed the presence of hydrocarbons[...]

Hydrogen leakage on a pipeline

12/10/2007
PAYS-BAS

Fire broke out along a "transition corridor" combining several underground pipelines transporting hazardous substances, including hydrogen, kerosene and ethylene oxide. The fire was brought under control within a few minutes thanks to the limited size of the leak. Though no[...]

Fire in a food manufacturing plant

30/07/2007
FRANCE

A fire broke out at around 2.00 am in a 10,000 m² cake and confectionery manufacturing plant. The video surveillance company informed the maintenance manager. Around hundred fire-fighters arrived onsite with 27 fire engines. The fire-fighters cut off the gas[...]