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What is BLEVE?
A BLEVE is short for
"boiling liquid
expanding vapor explosion,"
Truck carrying
natural gas bursts into flames on highway in China
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HEBEI,
China (KTRK) --
A truck
loaded with liquefied natural gas turned over and erupted into a fireball on a
highway in northern China Sunday.
Video
shows a witness who captured the fire on camera quickly back up as the flames
spread across the road and to nearby cars.
Two
people in the truck were rushed to the hospital with serious burns.
Car and Truck Fires
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A BLEVE
is short for
"boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion,"
MENDHAM - When Craig
Bellamy got the call of a fire in trash truck at the Village Shopping Center on
Dec. 28, he was hoping he wouldn't be walking into a BLEVE, one of the most
dreaded and potentially dangerous types of fires.
In firefighters
terminology, a BLEVE is short for "boiling liquid expanding vapor
explosion,"
caused by the
rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid above its boiling point.
caused by the
rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid above its boiling point.
In this case, the
liquid was compressed natural gas, the fuel for the trash truck, which, if
ignited, can shoot out a powerful burst of fire almost like a blow torch,
according to Bellamy, the borough's fire official.
The gas tank did
rupture and the explosion severely damaged four businesses at the shopping
center. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
A similar incident
occurred in Madison just before rush hour on Tuesdsay, Jan. 24. A garbage truck
fueled by compressed natural gas caught fire. Police arrived to find the cab
engulfed in flames while the occupants were able to escape without injuries.
The two incidents,
along with 12 others reported in New Jersey and around the U.S., have led the
Morris County Public Safety Training Academy to prepare classes on fighting
fires involving compressed natural gas.
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