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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 ...
More than 40,000 US gallons (150,000 L) of crude oil was spilled. [140] July 20 – A 12-inch propane pipeline ruptured near Ruff Creek, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, from stress corrosion cracking. The resulting propane vapor cloud ignited, when a truck that was driven into the cloud stalled, then created a spark, when it was restarted.
April 15 – At a Sunoco tank farm in Crittenden County, Arkansas, a spill resulted in the loss of about 29,000 gallons of petroleum products. [197] April 18 – A backhoe hit a 10-inch gas pipeline in Springfield, Massachusetts. Two Interstate freeways were shut down, and, 125 to 150 people were evacuated for a time from nearby businesses. [198]
September 8 – A leak on a pump on an LPG pipeline in Apex, North Carolina, spilled about 12,000 gallons of propane, forcing evacuations. [184] September 29 – A crew replacing an old pipeline hit a high pressure gas pipeline in Labette County, Kansas, killing a crewman. Residents within a mile of the incident were evacuated for a time. [185]
July 5 – A landowner operating a bulldozer hit an 8-inch LPG/propane pipeline near Thomson, Georgia. Later, the propane fumes ignited, killing the adult son of the landowner, and igniting fires that destroyed a trailer house and woodlands. [22]
Tacoma, WA 10/6/07 – a propane truck unloads into a storage tank. It starts to leak, and smoke covers the area. Then the truck catches fire spewing up to the freeway. 8000 gallons explode destroying the area. Firemen put it out and find the driver, who died a week later.