Significant BLEVE events at LNG/Propane Facilities or Large Tanks
Updated: 27 March 2013
BLEVE: Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
(also see an excellent analysis of one of the worst BLEVEs in history: PEMEX terminal near Mexico City)
Note -- The last three items here are the YouTube version of an excellent Canadian BLEVE training film for firefighters.
Info on the availability of that film and its accompanying manual can be found here
BLEVE Demonstration -- How it Happens Training Video (2:24) |
BLEVE in Amherst, VA, December 2012 (0:25) Longer version of the same (muted; 3:11) |
Toronto Propane Facility Explosion BEST FOOTAGE! Big blast shockwave (0:37) |
Train car explosion BLEVE, 1983 (1:45) |
Propane tank fire.. 35,000 gallons up in smoke (1:22) |
Train car explosion BLEVE (1:45) |
BLEVE (Korea) (0:09) |
Giant Propane Explosion -- Korea 2007 (1:49) |
Gas Pipeline Explosion - North Texas 06-07-2010 (2:24) |
Huge BLEVE explosion at BORAL LPG storage (2:17) No embed available -- click above link to view |
BLEVE: Tanker (1:27) |
Mexico BLEVE Explosion (0:14) |
Canadian BLEVE Training Video for Firefighters -- part 1 (9:45) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btmy5JblMOg |
Canadian BLEVE Training Video for Firefighters (6:55) |
Canadian BLEVE Training Video for Firefighters -- part 3 (5:00) |