June 17, 2015

Fire in confined space incident

An interesting incident of a fire in a confined space in a ship has lessons for us in the Chemical industry. In this incident a technician was trying to use a cleaner spray to remove moisture from a junction box in a confined space. To speed up the process of drying, he then decided to use a heat gum. The moment the gun was switched on, the flammable vapours of the cleaner caught fire. Dont take anything for granted.
Read and see pictures of the incident in this link.


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