| Fire and Explosion of Highway Cargo Tanks, Stock Island, Key West, Florida, June 29, 1998 Contributor(s): National Transportation Safety Board (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496149424 ISBN-13: 9781496149428 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Fire Science |
| Physical Information: 0.08" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.25 lbs) 38 pages |
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| Publisher Description: On June 29, 1998, at Stock Island, Key West, Florida, a Dion Oil Company (Dion) driver was on top of a straight-truck cargo tank checking the contents of its compartments and preparing to transfer cargo from a semitrailer cargo tank when explosive vapors ignited within the straight-truck cargo tank. The ignition caused an explosion that threw the driver from the top of the truck. The fire and a series of at least three explosions injured the driver and destroyed the straight truck, a tractor, the front of the semitrailer, and a second nearby straight-truck cargo tank. As a result of its investigation of the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board identified three major safety issues and makes recommendations to the Federal Highway Administration, Dion, the Florida State Fire Marshal, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Department of Agriculture, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the National Fire Prevention Association, the National Association of State Fire Marshals, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs. |