The bottom of a 13,500 m³ containing 12,000 m³ of light crude oil tank ripped open at 8:00 am within an oil depot. The earthen dikes surrounding the retention basin withstood the wave effect; 2,000 m³ of oil still overflowed[...]
Approximately 2 kg of propane were released into the atmosphere at an LPG filling centre (Seveso installation) and designed to supply customers throughout the region.A tank car was moved while it was being loaded, causing a gas leak. Positioned at[...]
Around 11:30 pm, a strong smell of hydrocarbons was indicated by residents living near a petroleum depot located along the banks of the Seine River immediately after the pipeline delivery of 2,640 m³ of unleaded gasoline. Arriving on-site at midnight,[...]
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.[...]
