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December 13, 2010

Major Fire at Pharma Plant

Thanks to Abhay Gujar for sending information about a major fire at a Pharma plant in Punjab. Three people including a General manager and chemist have reportedly died. Did a blast in a reactor cause it? One of the articles mentions that a reactor burst due to "oversteaming".
Unfortunately, such accidents keep occurring in India and other countries also. Batch reactors must be treated with great respect. A solid looking reactor will destroy itself to pieces if it is overpressurised beyond its design limits due to maloperation.
Read the articles in these links:
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