Event
- Event ID
- 1233
- Quality
- Description
An explosion involving hydrogen occurred at cooking oils and other food products plant. It was located at the hydrogen storage tank and caused one injury and two fatalities.
The area directly affected by the explosion appears more than 20-30 m in radius. From the pictures delivered by the news, the hydrogen tank was probably displaced vertically and landed a couple of metres further.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- South America
- Country
- Paraguay
- Date
- Component involved
- CGH2 tank (stationary)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 31/10/2025
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Food production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
tank
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- populated area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 2
- Number of injured persons
- 1
- Post-event summary
Two workers suffered extensive burns across their bodies, while a third worker was injured after falling from a nearby roof as a result of the blast. They were all hospitalised, were the two who had suffered burnd died.
- Emergency action
Plant operations were stopped and the affected area was isolated while firefighters were intervening.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Hazardex new of 5 December 2025
https://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/219333/Hydrogen-explosion-kill…
(accessed December 2025)Hydrogen Inshigt news of 1/12/2025
https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/evergreen-assets/safelinks/2/atp-s…
(accessed December 2025)
