massive hydrogen explosion at Utah oil refinery

[doug]

This happened back on November 4th, but surveillance video from the blast was released today.

Here's some local news coverage including video from the day of the blast:
ksl.com - Explosion, fire at Woods Cross refinery rock neighborhood
ksl.com - Refinery explosion: Science behind the blast

AP coverage of it from today (via the Washington Post):
Investigators release video of Utah refinery blast - washingtonpost.com

WOODS CROSS, Utah -- Surveillance camera video shows a 100-foot fireball ripping through a Utah refinery during a gas explosion that knocked a nearby home off its foundation earlier this month.

The footage captured at the Silver Eagle refinery briefly shows a white cloud, which investigators say is hydrogen escaping from a ruptured pipe that erupts into a massive explosion.

The Nov. 4 blast damaged 100 homes in the Woods Cross area ...

 

[Takumi]

At least the fallout isn't that bad...

 

[JRP3]

I think this should be in the "Hydrogen vs battery" thread, or maybe "coalEV vs petrol car" thread :wink: