Event
- Event ID
- 1229
- Quality
- Description
- The fire developed in a hydrogen production plant serving an food manufacturer. A high-pressure compressor line (non-further specified) ruptured. It was impossible to use isolation valves to limit/stop released hydrogen flow.
The fire was fought by purging the line(s). - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Compressor / Booster / Pump (Pipe)
- How was it involved?
- Rupture
- Initiating cause
- Material Degradation (Generic)
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Food production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Compression (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- piping
- Location type
- Unknown
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Property loss (offsite)
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
KHQA news of 11 June2025<br />
https://khqa.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-invisible-blaze-at-roqu… <br />
(accessed November 2025)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
