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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 ...
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.
1946 Greenville propane explosion; 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion; 1970 New York City gas explosion; 1973 Staten Island gas explosion; 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster; 2016 Portland, Oregon gas explosion; 2019 Durham gas explosion; 2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion; 2020 Houston explosion
October 25 – An explosion at a valve in a natural gas processing station on October 25 near Evanston, Wyoming killed one worker, and injured 4 others. [245] November 16 – Propane from a storage cavern for a pipeline escaped and ignited in Jasper, Missouri, forcing 1,000 people to evacuate. A rail line and a highway were also closed.
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March 12 – An explosion and fire spread through a gas pipeline compressor station in Montezuma, Indiana, injuring 16 workers. [115] April 3 – A bulldozer cut through a propane pipeline, in Tylertown, Mississippi. Propane fumes spread over a 10 square mile area, with some residents voluntarily evacuating. There was no injuries, fire, or ...