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A BLEVE–fireball at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, as rendered by the CSB. A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE, / ˈ b l ɛ v iː / BLEV-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that is or has reached a temperature sufficiently higher than its boiling point at atmospheric pressure.
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.
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The involved tanker came from Kano and had driven around 110 kilometers on its way to Yobe State on 15 October. [5] [6] While traveling on an expressway near the town of Majiya in Jigawa State, the tanker overturned while attempting to avoid crashing into a truck, causing petrol to spill onto the road. Many villagers came to the scene and tried ...
A tanker exploded Wednesday at Royal Chemical in Macedonia, resulting in multiple injuries. One victim suffered life-threatening burns.
A bus crashed with a tank truck, causing an explosion. [159] 13 August 2021 Russia: Voronezh: 2 22 Voronezh Bus Explosion. [160] [161] 14 August 2021 Lebanon: Akkar District: 28 70 2021 Akkar explosion – Fuel tanker explosion. [162] 23 August 2021 Kazakhstan: Jambyl Region: 13 98 Explosion at a military base. [163] 25 August 2021 Colombia ...
Iran-backed Houthi rebels set off explosions on a Red Sea vessel carrying about 1 million barrels of crude oil.