HIAD Facility - Storage Medium: Gas

In a petrochemical plant, visual inspection detects fumes under the heat insulation of a heat exchanger operating under hydrogen pressure. The first intervention team was mobilized and the unit…

The hydrogen bus was in the workshop. The fire started on the bus and expanded to the shed, which was containing also a conventional bus. Due to the presence of hydrogen, the fire brigade intervened…

The fire developed an early morning on a hydrogen bus at a refuelling station for public transport. The fire Department was called to site responding to reports of a fire on the property. A section…

The broke out at a hydrogen compressor of the reforming unit of the refinery. Following the safety procedures, the emergency stop of the unit was activated and the unit was decompressed using a…

A release of hydrogen occurred during the filling of a 28 bottles rack. A worker decided to move the rack from one station to another, due to works ongoing nearby. This movement, even though the hose…

[NOTE: One source speak of a hydrogen gasometer, spanish news speak in general of gas, others of ntural gas or coal gas; considering the main product of the factory, it was chosen for this last…

A hydrogen generator overheated during testing and started a small fire in a power plant.

A hydrogen line running to a furnace caught fire at a metals plant

The fire developed on the hydrogen production unit of a subcontractor in a plant producing metallic wire articles. The cause was a malfunctioning of the hydrogen unit. The production was stopped…

A fire on one of the two hydrogen units at a gasoline refinery, hindering production.

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 release of compressed hydrogen and subsequent fire occurred during the transportation of truck tractor chassis with a mounted trailer module. The tube trailer module contained 25 fully wrapped…

A fire developed on a tube trailer transporting 330 kg of compressed hydrogen, while travelling on a highway. The fire was due to a pressure relief valve of a tube releasing hydrogen. The flames…

The methanation reactor vessel was found to be deformed and had a 3-4 inch rupture at a position corresponding to the top of the catalyst bed. It is though that the incident was caused by ethylene…

A hydrogen leak occurred on a sintering furnace in a manufactory of uranium pellets. The event happened during the restart phase after a period of maintenance. The hydrogen ignited at the location…

A truck-trailer transporting 4,000 pounds (1800 kg) of compressed hydrogen burned to ground, including the driver cabin. The driver was able to get out before it got fully engulfed. 3- to 4-feet of…

The fire broke out under the cabin of a heavy-duty vehicle transporting industrial gas cylinders (hydrogen, acetylene, helium) close to a paint company. Firefighters shelter the employees of this…

A truck driver carrying compressed gas cylinders loaded on pallets stopped on the emergency stop lane of a highway after a tyre burst. The gases transported were: 120 m of oxygen, 24 acetylene…

A fire broke out on the insulating plastic elements of an alkaline electrolyzer in a unit of a chemical plant. The shift saw the smoke from the control room. The first action was to drain the potash…

In a chemical plant, a fire broke out on a hydrogen column of an ammonia manufacturing unit. The internal security service extinguishes the fire with powder and nitrogen injection. The unit was…