Event
- Event ID
- 848
- Quality
- Description
- A fire, fuelled by a mixture of gasoline and hydrogen, occurred on a heat exchanger located at 15 m height in a gasoline processing unit of a refinery.
The operator triggered the emergency plan. Site rescue teams controlled the fire during the depressurisation phase of the unit. After the fire was extinguished, the unit was put under nitrogen before being inspected to assess the damage.
The fire did not have a significant impact on the operation of the site. - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Generic refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- heat exchanger, gasoline processing unit, refinery
- Location type
- Open
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The fire did not have a significant impact on the operation of the site.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
gasoline - Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data ase event no. 38827<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/38827_en/?lang=… />
(Accessed December 2023)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
