Recently, the Nassau County Fire Academy in New York conducted live fire tests on the new lightweight fiberglass composite LPG (propane) cylinders that are now available for sale to the public in the ...

«A BLEVE from LPG». The firefighters described the incident that led to the explosion at the Prenestino gas station in Rome this way. The term 'BLEVE' is little known to the general public, but it ...

The propane explosion that occurred in Waverly, TN, on Feb. 24, 1978, was the high-water mark of hazardous materials incidents in the United States. In terms of loss of life to emergency responders ...

LIBERTY ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- A construction mishap sparked a propane fire on Liberty Island on Monday afternoon forcing thousands of tourists to evacuate the Statue of Liberty and the island ...

THIS refers to the report ‘Gas explosion in Jhelum leaves six dead, 10 injured’ (July 10), according to which, this was the second such blast within two days. As is always the case in such accidents, ...

Firefighters attend the scene of a propane explosion in northwest Toronto. (Angela Deluce/Canadian Press) Dr. A.M. Birk, a professor of engineering at Queen's University, has been studying propane ...

HAZard OPerability (HAZOP) study risk assessment method is to highlighting the safety aspect while decanting LPG from dispatching unit to road tanker. The LPG gas is highly flammable and have ...

This morning, an accident at a gas station on Via dei Gordiani, in the Centocelle district of Rome, caused a loud explosion in the area: the blast was heard throughout the capital, with a thick cloud ...

Firefighters in Lincoln California, located near Sacramento are currently trying to prevent a burning propane rail car from causing a massive explosion. Over 5,000 people have been evacuated from the ...

LPG bottling plant is the place where LPG is stored in a large quantity and distributes in small quantity to the, another places. In LPG bottling plant, there is the high probability of accidents ...

LIBERTY ISLAND, New York -- A construction mishap sparked a propane fire on Liberty Island on Monday afternoon forcing thousands of tourists to evacuate the Statue of Liberty and the island itself, ...