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Jul. 22—The June explosion which killed a contractor and destroyed a 1.5 million gallon water tank happened after a critical safety-check was not performed before welding started, according to a ...
The video shows the explosion that separates the metal tank from the ground, sending it shooting into the air and unleashing a massive wave of water.
BLEVE–fireball, 2008 Toronto propane explosion The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a ...
The Juba tanker explosion was a tank truck explosion that occurred on 17 September 2015 in a suburb of Juba, the capital of South Sudan. It killed an estimated 176 people, most casualties coming from the crowd that had converged on the scene of the leaking tanker. The Red Cross dispatched aid to the suburb of Maridi after the incident.
February 21, 1978 - An explosion & fire at a Rialto pipeline tank farm injured a passerby. [13] February 9, 1980 - A tank farm fire in Kern County. [14] April 10, 1989 – An explosion and fire occurred in a cracking column at the Chevron Richmond refinery. A total of 8 workers and firefighters were injured.
The fire marshal said Monday the house at 141 Rustic Ridge Drive in Plum had water tank issues, but has not concluded this to be the cause of the explosion. Officials are still looking into it ...
1973 – Kingman Explosion, propane tanker BLEVE incident kills 13, injures 107. [30] 1978 – Los Alfaques disaster kills 217 on a campsite near Tarragona, in Spain on July 11. 1990 – 1990 Bangkok gas explosion caused 88 deaths. 2000 – Ibadan tanker truck explosion multiple car pile-up explodes 100–200 killed.
A Mamaroneck school district employee was taken to Westchester Medical Center as a precautionary measure on Tuesday after what the schools superintendent said was a minor oil tank explosion in the ...