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On January 30, 2007, the Little General convenience store on 2964 Flat Top Road was destroyed when a 500-gallon (1,892-liter) propane tank began to leak during maintenance. A high-pressure jet of propane burst upwards from the canister and vaporized upon contact with air, entering the store and finding an ignition source; the subsequent explosion destroyed the tank and leveled the store.
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 ...
Propane is used as a feedstock for the production of base petrochemicals in steam cracking. Propane is the primary fuel for hot-air balloons. It is used in semiconductor manufacture to deposit silicon carbide. Propane is commonly used in theme parks and in movie production as an inexpensive, high-energy fuel for explosions and other special ...
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal (SFM) determined that the 100-pound propane cylinder, which was believed to be empty, contained enough leftover gas to fill the storage ...
Five brothers from Minnesota have been seriously injured in a propane tank explosion. The siblings aged 6-14 years old suffered severe burns in an explosion at a storage unit north of Bagley, Minn ...
June 21, 2019 - A propane and hydrofluoric acid leak caused a low-hanging vapor cloud, which ignited and resulted in 3 sequential explosions at a refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first two explosions where of vessels containing alkylate. The final explosion was the largest and was fueled by pure hydrocarbons.
2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion: 2 February 2007 Philippines: Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur: 50+ Unknown A burning chemical truck exploded as a bus was passing beside it. [32] 22 March 2007 Mozambique: Maputo: 103 515 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion: 1 May 2007 Spain: Palencia: 9 30 Explosion in a residential building [33] [34] 26 July 2007 ...