Event
- Event ID
- 674
- Quality
- Description
- Fire in an ammonia plant
A fire broke out in the hydrogen section of ammonia plant. - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- No Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Date
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen section of the plant
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- No release
References
- Reference & weblink
ICIS News of 15 August 1993<br />
https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/1993/08/16/25972/fires-hit-… />
(accessed November 2020)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- NEWS
