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18 April 2013, 12:36 PM
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i would expect possible ruptured ear drums being that close. been tryign to figure out how far away there sat in that vid, looks like about 100-200m's the far side of the playing field next to the school, although google is not very up to date.
18 April 2013, 01:15 PM
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I'm slightly confused, these people were in and amongst, and filming
What was inevitably going to be one **** off sized bomb, that was bound to go off
What was inevitably going to be one **** off sized bomb, that was bound to go off
18 April 2013, 01:16 PM
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From the sounds of it firefighters have died. Brave men as usual. However, a fire at a fertilizer factory with tanks full of ammonium nitrate shouldn't you just get everyone as far away as possible, including firefighters?
18 April 2013, 01:21 PM
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wasn't enevatable or they would have fully evacuated and just let it blow, latest reports seem to say was a fire with fire fighters trying to put it out. Suposedly the water came into contact with a chemical it shouldn't have and it blew.
18 April 2013, 01:53 PM
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This morning's news said it was an ammonia tank that blew. You could see it burning, yet ammonia isn't flammable.
I used to work at a chemical plant that produced fertiliser as a by-product. One of the reactors we had contained ammonium nitrITE, under pressure and at fairly high temperature. It was very unstable, and had to be sampled and analysed every 30 minutes.
The sample number, when it came in, was: R101.........
The name of the plant, (for those that remember)? Nypro.
I used to work at a chemical plant that produced fertiliser as a by-product. One of the reactors we had contained ammonium nitrITE, under pressure and at fairly high temperature. It was very unstable, and had to be sampled and analysed every 30 minutes.
The sample number, when it came in, was: R101.........
The name of the plant, (for those that remember)? Nypro.
18 April 2013, 07:41 PM
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This morning's news said it was an ammonia tank that blew. You could see it burning, yet ammonia isn't flammable.
I used to work at a chemical plant that produced fertiliser as a by-product. One of the reactors we had contained ammonium nitrITE, under pressure and at fairly high temperature. It was very unstable, and had to be sampled and analysed every 30 minutes.
The sample number, when it came in, was: R101.........
The name of the plant, (for those that remember)? Nypro.
I used to work at a chemical plant that produced fertiliser as a by-product. One of the reactors we had contained ammonium nitrITE, under pressure and at fairly high temperature. It was very unstable, and had to be sampled and analysed every 30 minutes.
The sample number, when it came in, was: R101.........
The name of the plant, (for those that remember)? Nypro.
Looked nasty
18 April 2013, 08:14 PM
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"....The name of the plant, (for those that remember)? Nypro......"
That would be 'Flixbourough' ? -- remember seeing it on telly in the 70's. Was it one of the biggest ever in this country..?
That would be 'Flixbourough' ? -- remember seeing it on telly in the 70's. Was it one of the biggest ever in this country..?
18 April 2013, 08:16 PM
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Working in a chemicals plant on a refinery and seeing videos like this scares the crap out of me. When you see the blast zones for blevys its a worrying thought.
My thoughts go out to those involved
My thoughts go out to those involved
18 April 2013, 09:07 PM
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18 April 2013, 09:36 PM
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It's what we in the industry call a BLEVE, a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion caused by a pressurised vessel exceeding it's boiling point then rupturing releasing it's normally highly explosive contents which will rapidly ignite whilst expanding.
It's was always a worry when we were welding on the LNG tanks in Pembroke as they held around 46,000 ton of liquified natural gas.
It's was always a worry when we were welding on the LNG tanks in Pembroke as they held around 46,000 ton of liquified natural gas.
18 April 2013, 09:46 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4233937722060
18 April 2013, 09:57 PM
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Did you see this one that was doing the rounds earlier this year?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4233937722060
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4233937722060
18 April 2013, 10:05 PM
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19 April 2013, 06:14 AM
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Did you see this one that was doing the rounds earlier this year?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4233937722060
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4233937722060
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