Event
- Event ID
- 1229
- Quality
- Description
The fire developed in a hydrogen production plant serving an food manufacturer. A high-pressure compressor line (non-further specified) ruptured. It was impossible to use isolation valves to limit/stop released hydrogen flow. The fire was fought by purging the line(s).
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Component involved
- compressor / booster / pump (pipe)
- Failure mode
- rupture
- Initiating cause
- material degradation (generic)
- Root causes
- Date entry in HIAD
- 31/10/2025
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- food industry
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
H2 compressor
- Process temperature range [C]
- High temperature (100°C to 500°C)
- Process pressure range [MPa]
- unknown
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- populated area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Emergency action
Local fire fighters used infra-red camera to localise the flames, and pumped nitrogen in the system. The emergency lasted the whole night.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
KHQA news of 11 June2025 https://khqa.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-invisible-blaze-at-roquette-americas-hydrogen-plant-in-keokuk-fire-department-thermal-image-leak-rupture-invisible-fire-lee-county-iowa-factory-incident-tank-leak-valves-damaged-pipe-nitrogen-flow-tuesday-night-wednesday-investigation (accessed November 2025)
