In a brewery, the porthole on an 80-m³ beer vat exploded as tank pressure was being increased. The fermentation process involved 2 phases: a start-up period with atmospheric discharge of the air/carbon dioxide (CO2) mix for 10 to 16 hours,[...]
A propane leak occurred on a loading station in an LPG depot that distributes product to trucks. The depot manager secured the site by pressing the emergency button, in accordance with the site's standard operating procedure. The emergency services were[...]
In a SEVESO-rated oil depot at 5:20 am, a truck driver notified a technician after observing an anomaly on pumping plant no. 1. The technician manually closed the pump feed valve, and the site was placed in safe operating mode[...]
A phenomenon of exceptional violence Between 20 and 120 tonnes of a stock containing more than 300 tonnes of ammonium nitrate refuse detonated in a fertiliser plant. The causes and circumstances surrounding the accident would give rise to several investigations[...]
A leak occurred on a pipe running between a coastal depot and a power plant storage site (pipe length: 7,430 m, depth: 2 m, year of construction: 1975, thickness: 5.56 mm, steel composition) during the transfer of heavy fuel no.[...]
In a sugar refinery, 4 explosions and a basin fire occurred at 4:42 pm following tests on pumps run until 4:15 along with the transfer of 13 m³ of alcohol into a 1,500-m3 empty degassed tank. The internal emergency plan[...]
In a cheese factory, ammonia (NH3) leaked during the morning in a 4,000 m² (50 x 20 x 4 m) building housing the ice water production unit operating at 0.4 Mfg/hour, with 3 independent refrigeration circuits containing 1 tonne of[...]
On a Saturday night, fire broke out near the Antwerp Port inside a group of warehouses classified as hazardous under the SEVESO 2 Directive, in particular for their storage of bromine, formaldehyde and extremely toxic, explosive or highly inflammable substances.[...]
In a chemical plant, 3 empty rail tanker parked on the unloading zone of unit 46 were replaced by 3 full tanker cars: 1 carrying methyl mercaptan (MM) and 2 with chlorine. At 3 am, the 2 chlorine cars were[...]
A fire broke out around 2:50 am in an electrical utility room at a paper mill. Engulfed in the flames, four transformers emptied entirely and a fifth halfway, dispersing a dielectric containing PCB. A prefectural order motivated by a proposal[...]
