Event
- Event ID
- 848
- Quality
- Description
A fire, fuelled by a mixture of gasoline and hydrogen, occurred on a heat exchanger located at 15 m height in a gasoline processing unit of a refinery.
The operator triggered the emergency plan. Site rescue teams controlled the fire during the depressurisation phase of the unit. After the fire was extinguished, the unit was put under nitrogen before being inspected to assess the damage.
The fire did not have a significant impact on the operation of the site.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- heat exchanger (generic)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical industry
- Sub-application
- Unspecified refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
heat exchanger, gasoline processing unit, refinery
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
The fire did not have a significant impact on the operation of the site.
- Emergency action
22:30 Start of the fire and start of the emergency plan.
Site rescue teams controls the fire during the decompression phase of the unit
When the fire stops, the system is purged with nitrogen before inspection
02:00 The emergency plan is terminated. The operator informed the emergency services and the inspection of the classified installations.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
gasoline - Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data ase event no. 38827
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/38827_en/?lang=…
(Accessed December 2023)
