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Fire on a hydrogen pipeline in a metallurgy plant

Event

Event ID
135
Quality
Description
A hydrogen line running to a furnace caught fire at a metals plant
Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Hydrogen Release and Ignition
Nature of the consequences
Fire (No additional details provided)
Macro-region
North America
Country
United States
Date
Main component involved?
Pipe
How was it involved?
Rupture & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
Initiating cause
Unknown
Root causes
Unknown (No additional details provided)

Facility

Application
Steel And Metals Industry
Sub-application
generic metal processing
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected
hydrogen feed line, furnace
Location type
Unknown
Location description
Industrial Area
Operational condition

Emergency & Consequences

Number of injured persons
0
Number of fatalities
0

Event Nature

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Presumed ignition source
Not reported

References

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JRC assessment