Event
- Event ID
- 998
- Quality
- Description
A hose of a hydrogen tube trailer parked in at a specialised company ruptured. The released hydrogen ignited and exploded, followed by a fire probably fed by the continuously leaking hydrogen.
The local fire rescue team rushed to the scene after receiving the alarm call.
The fire was quickly brought under control and extinguished.
Firefighters continued to cool the tank to avoid further problems.
There were no casualties at the scene.
There were two hydrogen trailers parked at the accident site. The other truck was not affected.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Date
- Component involved
- hose (trailer)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- material degradation (generic)
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2024
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen transport and distribution
- Sub-application
- CGH2 tube trailer
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
hydrogen delivery to an industrial site, hose. Unclear if the hose was connected and was trasferring hydrogen when ruptured
- 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
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
It is not known if a hydrogen delivery was taking place, or if the trailer was just parked there.
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
There were no casualties at the scene
- Emergency action
The local fire rescue team rushed to the scene after receiving the alarm call.
The fire was quickly brought under control and extinguished.
Firefighters continued to cool the tank to avoid further problems.
Lesson Learnt
- Lesson Learnt
The description of the event does not provide enough details to draw a specific lesson learnt.
The editor of the news at the website used as a source for this event, wrote the following:
"Relevant specialist enterprises should understand the risks and hazards associated with hydrogen, establish safety rules for the use of hydrogen. They should also be well prepared with counter measures to deal with accidents, prevent problems before they occur, and prevent incidents from occurring. It is also necessary to have clear understanding about how to handle hydrogen safely to prevent similar accidents from happening again." https://new.qq.com/omn/20210807/20210807A02SN600.html
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
- Flame type
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Translation from the Chinese web-news at https://new.qq.com/omn/20210807/20210807A02SN600.html
(accessed June 2023, now not available anymore)ICHEMSAFE report available at
https://www.ichemsafe.com/index/IncidentInfo/detail?id=3510
(accessed Jan 2026)