Accident of storage tank is not a few If you look worldwide, we are going on quite often. 2003 Hokkaido Tokachi-oki earthquake after the tank fire, such as in 2006 the UK Vance field fire accident became an opportunity to review the tank structure and firefighting. Here, we introduce the accident and related information of the storage tank, and was established in the hope that it would be helpful for future crisis management.
6 月 1 日 年 2014 (Sunday) afternoon, there was a fire caused by lightning strikes in the tank facility in Illinois, USA. Accident neighbourhood statistics was there, the Illinois Macon County at (Macon County) Diketa (Decatur) tank facilities for oil well in the suburbs, tank caused the fire in response to the lightning.
Flame soar to a height of 15 feet (4.5m), there is only tank group distance between the two feet flame (0.6m) is heated, there is a risk of explosion. In fact, at some point, the pressure in the tank is raised by intense radiant heat, bulging dangerously tank.
According to Ed Okanpu chief of South Macon fire department, when the fire brigade arrived, that was faced with a large pillar of fire that can soar with swirling black smoke. Okanpu chief told requested the mutual neighbourhood statistics support of Mount Zion fire brigade. The Mount Zion fire brigade I had held a special foam extinguishing agent transport vehicles. "Foams have entered the hand, so be had found that it is not enough" Okanpu chief and said.
Hickory Point fire brigade has brought another dedicated foam equipment. Furthermore troops of mutual support came from South Wheatland and blue-mount. "We came to 40 people scale. In addition, to Macon County neighbourhood statistics Sheriff's Department gave me support, Diketa emergency services was me waiting. Thanks to that Fortunately, it was not of that injured leaves and "said Okanpu chief added.
fire brigade was activity in the field until around 17:45. Before it becomes a situation where the tank is spouted fly, fire was extinguished. Jamie Belcher adjutant of sheriff office, while the fire brigade is active, it says that it has closed a portion of Erwin Street, "At that time, did not know the other tank was the situation like explode "said I have said.
Become a evening of Sunday, enters the production Enaji employees the site that is doing the operations of oil wells, is allowed to close the the received oil well influence, it was the tank group in the sky. Although oil was leaking from the stricken tank, according to the Okanpu neighbourhood statistics chief, was collected in the stuttering Tsutsumiuchi is 5% of the total, that remained all Tsutsumiuchi.
Affected the tank facility (photo taken from Illinoishomepage.net)
Examples of affected the tank (photo taken from Illinoishomepage.net)
Supplement neighbourhood statistics
"Illinois" is located neighbourhood statistics in the Midwestern United States, with a population of about 12.8 million people, is a domestic fifth state in the population. Capital in Springfield, the largest city is Chicago. Although Illinois reserves of coal are many, oil is a small oil field is to some extent. Illinois agriculture flourishes, soybean, corn production is 1, second place in the country.
Although owned company of oil well has been reported that "production Enaji company" (Production Energy), you do not know the company details. Tank facility in Decatur suburbs are arranged as found in natural gas wells, but not clear. neighbourhood statistics Since the weld line can be seen in the tank side plate, I seems to be made of steel. However, the affected tank of the title photo is not made of steel, but appear to be in as a resin tank such as FRP, which is also not clear. In addition, "increased the pressure in the tank by intense radiant heat, bulging dangerously tank" in the article is there and, although there is a shape that the bottom is rounded in the affected tank photo, this is inflated I It is not clear also whether trace. neighbourhood statistics In addition, when estimated from Google Maps, the diameter neighbourhood statistics of the tank is about 3m, capacity is seen with 30 ~ 40KL class.
in May 2014, was followed by tank fire caused by lightning strikes in Texas. In this regard, although neighbourhood statistics rare tank fire by Illinois of lightning, according to the "lightning map of the world by NASA", Illinois is not a small region of thunder. Recently, not only the state of the Gulf Coast, neighbourhood statistics is going tank fire caused by lightning in the Midwest states. And the frequency of thunderstorms occur due to abnormal weather is increasing, I think that for small-scale oil well in the inland areas (natural gas) is increasing. Therefore, would not that reduces the tank fire caused by lightning neighbourhood statistics in the United States in the future.
tank fire of oil wells related facilities neighbourhood statistics often take a burnout causes strategy. This time of tank fire since occurred in the outskirts of the big cities, foam extinguishing agent I seen and can be secured. Since around tank that caused the fire there was a number neighbourhood statistics of tanks of the same kind, from the situation possibility was higher to continue to fire, I think damage was kept to a minimum. To mutual support of fire department is functioning, probably, I think that the training for fire accident like this has been carried out. Lightning number of square kilometer per year average
After Symbol: When the lightning season comes, tank fire caused by lightning neighbourhood statistics in the United neighbourhood statistics States always happens. However, even in Japan, lightning fell on the ship was out fishing in Aomori Prefecture in June 16, has happened death. According to the people who came back and rounded up fishing as soon as possible, been gradually approaching thunder from the sea, visible lightning is clearly, it says that it became scared. Lightning is or led to the damage of equipment, you can involved in human life, I am afraid.
By the way, the other day, I went to the hill-climbing. Fortunately, without having to meet the thundercloud, and has been in contact with the beautiful landscape. This time, for the first time and tried to is that you have used Vaseline on shoes shift Beans prevention of foot. Was right. Foot I easily can of beans wide high-pitched, but had been always troubled, and walk wearing the socks after you have painted directly vaseline on foot, could not quite beans. This is a look at the program of a trail run, If you look on the Internet, was listed properly. Information is welcome.
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