Event
- Event ID
- 1245
- Quality
- Description
A trailer-truck transporting hydrogen gas cylinders was involved in a collision on a highway, experienced a partial roll-over and cought fire. The online news do not report the origin of the fire. Anyhow, the cylinders were involved in the fire, and it is also reported that “…a couple of cylinders exploded”. It has not been possible to get an indipedent confirmation of this statement. However, from the picture provided it is possible to see that the rack protecting the cylinders was deformed and several cylinders were not anymore at their place.
The fire brigade personnel was able to extinguish the fire in few hours.
The incident occurred early in the morning and only the driver was slightly injured. It caused a traffic jam of few hours.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire followed by an explosion
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Date
- Component involved
- CGH2 tube (trailer)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- impact, rollover, crash
- Root causes
- Date entry in HIAD
- 25/12/2025
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen transport and distribution
- Sub-application
- CGH2 cylinders truck
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
truck
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Process pressure range [MPa]
- medium to high pressure (10 to 50 MPa)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- countryside or desert
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Emergency action
The fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot. When they arrived, the whole area was already engulphed in fire, which was doused within a few hours.
In-depth data
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Facebook news
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=348039628241252
(accessed December 2025)The Print news
https://theprint.in/india/trailer-truck-transporting-hydrogen-cylinders….
(accessed December 2025)
