Industrial accident
Open on the map2019 Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion
1 Jun 2019 · 39.90° N, 75.21° W
What the records say
- When
- 1 Jun 2019
- Kind
- Industrial accident
- Coordinates
- 39.90° N, 75.21° W
- Description
- Hydrofluoric acid spill and industrial fire
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 5
2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion
Hydrofluoric acid spill and industrial fire
In the early morning of June 21, 2019, a fire and multiple explosions occurred at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A release of hydrocarbons and hydrofluoric acid in the refinery's alkylation unit caused a ground-hugging vapor cloud which rapidly ignited, leading to three separate explosions minutes apart from each other.
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