Event
- Event ID
- 1241
- Quality
- Description
A truck carrying cylinders was travelling on a highway when its front tyre burst. It rolled over in a farm and the gas started leaking from the cylinders. The driver called the emergency service. The cylinders in the truck caught fire and started exploding one after another. A number of cylinders were seen flying high in the air like missiles” according to the news.
The traffic on that section of the highway was diverted and a safe perimeter of more than 200 m was installed. The fire brigade intervened with a defensive strategy, due to the involvement of hydrogen cylinders in the fire.
- 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 cylinder(s)
- 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
tyre, 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
- Post-event summary
The truck was at total loss.
- Emergency action
The traffic on that section of the highway was diverted and a safe perimeter of more than 200 m was installed. The fire brigade intervened with a defensive strategy, due to the involvement of hydrogen cylinders in the fire. Also after the end of the fire, the highway remained clase due to the uncertainty on the behaviour of the damaged cylinders.
In-depth data
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Online news of Time of India:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/truck-carrying-hydrogen….
(accessed December 2025)Online news of \Buisness Standard:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/truck-laden-w…
(accessed December 2025)
