Event
- Event ID
- 71
- Quality
- Description
- A cylinder filled with hydrogen exploded.
Hydrogen was used to blow up balloons - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Cgh2 Cylinder(S)
- How was it involved?
- Internal Explosion
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Other
- Sub-application
- Balloons
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen cylinder, balloon
- Location type
- Unknown
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Emergency action
- The situation was quickly recognised and steps taken to stop the release. The reference does not specify which steps.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- Unknown
