Large Explosion Near Oxford

[hoolio]

That’s gas burning

 

[Pnematic1]

Has Cambridge declared war on Oxford?

Bamber Gasgoing likes this …….

 

[BarrySheensAutograph]

Oxfordshire lightning gas plant fireball causes £250k damage

A huge methane gas fireball ignited by a lightning strike at a food waste plant causes £250,000 of damage, the site's management says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Happened in 2016 aswell.

Uh oh , should I put this in the Russel Brand thread.

 

[ajthemackem]

If I'd seen that out the window I'd have been saying goodbye to my loved ones like.

 

[Hair Flick]

Oxfordshire lightning gas plant fireball causes £250k damage

A huge methane gas fireball ignited by a lightning strike at a food waste plant causes £250,000 of damage, the site's management says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Happened in 2016 aswell.

Uh oh , should I put this in the Russel Brand thread.

And to think they say lightning doesn’t strike twice.

 

[BarrySheensAutograph]

And to think they say lightning doesn’t strike twice.

Very good

 

[Martin F]

Oxfordshire lightning gas plant fireball causes £250k damage

A huge methane gas fireball ignited by a lightning strike at a food waste plant causes £250,000 of damage, the site's management says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Happened in 2016 aswell.

Uh oh , should I put this in the Russel Brand thread.

That's a different site.

I was at work at RAF Brize Norton this evening and we had 2 station wide power surges when it happened

 

[BarrySheensAutograph]

That's a different site.

Is it, serves me right for believing any auld shite posted on Twitter

 

[riffraff]

Not near a bus stop is it?

I saw lightning hit a bus stop sign about 20yrs away from me as a kid when running to school. I’ll never run to school again.

 

[Joe Public]

These AD plants started popping up everywhere a while back, the design briefs were always half arsed and seemed to be made up as they went along.

It would have had a lightning protection system but clearly not designed to the right standard to prevent explosion. There’s no way it should have ruptured a large tank like that, strike risk is very high with them being so big and metallic.

 

[Billericay Dichio]

Strike 3 and you're out!

Looks like they need to take a serious look at the lightning protection for these plants. One is unfortunate; two looks like carelessness.

 

[Boots]

solutions is not complicated.
1) Weather warning - lightening possible.
2) Open the valves and let out some of the fart gas.
3) OXford smells strongly of fart for an hours or so.
Ipso facto. No explosion.

 

[Kevj]

solutions is not complicated.
1) Weather warning - lightening possible.
2) Open the valves and let out some of the fart gas.
3) OXford smells strongly of fart for an hours or so.
Ipso facto. No explosion.

Petrochem sites normally flare the excess gas (for a variety or reasons). It’s a proven technology.

 

[Boots]

Petrochem sites normally flare the excess gas (for a variety or reasons). It’s a proven technology.

yeah but this is offgas from an anaerobic digester. it is basically just fart. ( Although I accept it could easily be controlled by flare)

 

[Morse]

Those plants are supposed to be earthed to prevent this

Ironically, being earthed is what attracts lightning strikes.