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BLEVE Case Study: San Juanico Tragedy by Madasgascar Cartoon is a document available to read on EtoBox.
- The document describes a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) event that occurred at a liquid petroleum gas distribution plant called Pemex near Mexico City in 1984. - The initiating event was damage to a feed pipe during a shutdown that led to a vapor cloud ignition and fireball, causing the first sphere (F-4) to BLEVE and explode, with missile fragments then causing additional spheres to BLEVE over 5 hours. - The BLEVE event resulted in 550 deaths, over 2,000 severe burns injuries, and 7,2
- Author
- Madasgascar Cartoon
- Language
- EN