Event
- Event ID
- 1017
- Quality
- Description
An explosion occurred while inflating a balloon with hydrogen gas. The News reported the involvement of the hydrogen bottle.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Date
- Component involved
- balloon
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root CAUSE analysis
From the scarce information available and the comparison with similar events, different factors may have contributed, such as malfunctioning of the cylinder valve, gas bottle ageing, lack of maintenance and untrained operators.
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Other
- Sub-application
- Entertainment balloons
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
balloon, hydrogen gas bottle
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- populated area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
The accident took place during a public gathering
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 1
- Number of injured persons
- 3
- Post-event summary
The injured have been hospitalised
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
Hindustan Times news
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/1-killed-3-hurt-in-hydrogen-gas-cy…
(accessed December 2022)
