Leaking filter caused deadly explosion at US plant

By Rebecca Trager2019-09-26T13:11:00

Photo of smoke seen at a KMCO plant in Crosby, Houston in the US on 2nd April 2019

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Blast that killed one and injured 30 others at a KMCO facility in Texas was caused by hole in pipe component

The fatal explosion in April at speciality chemicals firm KMCO’s plant in Crosby, US, that killed one worker and injured at least 30 more was triggered by a vapour cloud of isobutylene formed after a cast iron filtration strainer failed. That is the conclusion of a report from the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), released on 17 September.