Tag: explosion

19
May
2014

Disaster with explosion and fire in an oil-filled transformer in Turkey, more than 200 dead and 300 missing

Update of May 19, 2014 16:00 Five days after the explosion at the mine on May 13 Tuchia in Soma, the worst industrial disaster in the history of modern Turkey, victims rose to 301. Charges of negligence, the judiciary has arrested 24 people, including managers and technical managers of the private company that manages the mine, the Soma Komur, including
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13
Dec
2010

Explosion of a transformer at the nuclear power plant in New York

Last month, several American internet websites published the news of an explosion occurred last 7th November 2010 of a transformer at the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) nuclear power plant owned by Entergy Corporation. Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) is a nuclear power plant located in the Buchanan about 40 km from the city of New York on the bank of the Hudson
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21
Jun
2010

Insulating oil for transformer on fire in an electric cabin

The newspaper La Stampa of Turin reports on 17th October 2010 the news of a fire in a 130kV electric cabin in Ferriera di Buttigliera (Turin) occurred in the late evening of Saturday 16th October. According to the article of the Turin newspaper, the fire could have been triggered by a machinery of an external company dedicated to maintenance. The
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7
Jun
2010

Bangladesh, explosion and fire of an electric transformer in oil, over 100 victims

Friday June 4 2010 at 22.30 local time Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, was the scene of a devastating fire killing 117 to 150 people and at least the same amount of people injured. All the sources are in agreement to indicate the cause of the fire as the result of the explosion of an electric transformer. Subsequently, the fire spread
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18
Aug
2009

Explosion of a transformer in oil. Disaster in the hydroelectric power plant in Russia managed by Rushydro

“A strong shock crumbles the walls and the ceiling of the machine room. It is caused by an explosion, similar to a bomb. A transformer in oil of the second turbine/alternator group explodes for causes yet to be determined, just while the maintenance engineers are working. The water penetrated violently: in the jargon it is the lethal “hydraulic shock”. The
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