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Fire in a silicon plant.

Event

Event ID
172
Quality
Description

Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to locate and extinguish a hydrogen fire at a silicon manufacturing plant.

Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Hydrogen Release and Ignition
Nature of the consequences
fire
Macro-region
North America
Country
United States
Date
Component involved
unknown
Failure mode
fire (generic)
Initiating cause
unknown
Root causes
Unknown
Date entry in HIAD
28/02/2009

Facility

Application
Chemical industry
Sub-application
Silicon production
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

slilicon reactor

Location type
Unknown
Location
industrial area
Operational condition
UNKNOWN

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
0
Emergency action

Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to locate and extinguish the fire.

In-depth data

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
FireWorld
Reference & weblink

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