Bologna flyover explosion
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Bologna flyover explosion
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At least two people have been killed and more than 60 others injured after two trucks collided on a motorway near Bologna airport in northern Italy.
A lorry carrying cars collided on a bridge with a tanker lorry containing flammable materials, local reports said.
The blast, which engulfed the area with flames and black smoke and caused a bridge to partially collapse, occurred near Borgo Panigale to the west of the city, the Italian fire service tweeted.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... na-airport
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At least two people have been killed and more than 60 others injured after two trucks collided on a motorway near Bologna airport in northern Italy.
A lorry carrying cars collided on a bridge with a tanker lorry containing flammable materials, local reports said.
The blast, which engulfed the area with flames and black smoke and caused a bridge to partially collapse, occurred near Borgo Panigale to the west of the city, the Italian fire service tweeted.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... na-airport
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That is awful and one big mess. I guess the fatalities were the lorry drivers. I guess we'll never quite know why they collided. The death toll could have been a lot higher, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the injuries are life ruining.
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... y-13040120
Some more photos and footage in the Mirrors report. Looking at one of the photos, I'd say it was more than a partial collapse. Awful scenes.
Some more photos and footage in the Mirrors report. Looking at one of the photos, I'd say it was more than a partial collapse. Awful scenes.
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B1040 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 22:37 That is awful and one big mess. I guess the fatalities were the lorry drivers. I guess we'll never quite know why they collided. The death toll could have been a lot higher, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the injuries are life ruining.
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Looking at the video this was clearly an LPG tanker.
The tanker runs into the back of a truck stopped in traffic. It looks as if the fuel tank of that truck is ripped open and a major fire starts. Some time later the LPG truck explodes. This is a classic BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion). LPG is only liquid under pressure at normal temperatures. Heat a tank of it and the gas starts to boil in the tank and pressure rises quickly and the tank ruptures.
The massive gas cloud then explodes with massive force. It is clear that this is actually a composite video as by the time the BLEVE happened the other vehicles had been cleared and the road closed. The low death toll is I think down to the actions of the local police who must have reacted very quickly and correctly assessed the risk.
Things could have been MUCH worse, the last such disaster in Europe killed over 200 people and injured many more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alfaques_disaster
The tanker runs into the back of a truck stopped in traffic. It looks as if the fuel tank of that truck is ripped open and a major fire starts. Some time later the LPG truck explodes. This is a classic BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion). LPG is only liquid under pressure at normal temperatures. Heat a tank of it and the gas starts to boil in the tank and pressure rises quickly and the tank ruptures.
The massive gas cloud then explodes with massive force. It is clear that this is actually a composite video as by the time the BLEVE happened the other vehicles had been cleared and the road closed. The low death toll is I think down to the actions of the local police who must have reacted very quickly and correctly assessed the risk.
Things could have been MUCH worse, the last such disaster in Europe killed over 200 people and injured many more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alfaques_disaster
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No obvious signs of braking or swerving, so probably sleep/gadget distraction related.
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Re: Bologna flyover explosion
Rather an unfortunate fortnight for the Italian motorway network. This bridge collapsed during the explosion as well.
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Given the size of the fire and explosion that is hardly surprising. Nobody builds highway bridges the be safe from that level of damage. What was important in this case that the emergency services had the time and organisation to clear the bridge before the collapse. The collapse was also limited to the area damaged by the explosion.
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Yes, it was on the whole a well managed incident and the risk to life was minimised (even though there were fatalities). Regardless, it will dent confidence in the safety of the network in the minds of the public.KeithW wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 14:18Given the size of the fire and explosion that is hardly surprising. Nobody builds highway bridges the be safe from that level of damage. What was important in this case that the emergency services had the time and organisation to clear the bridge before the collapse. The collapse was also limited to the area damaged by the explosion.
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Re: Bologna flyover explosion
A bridge carrying a local road over the A14 collapsed recently as well. I think that collapse was spontaneous, rather than caused by any particular incident or accident.
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There is strong case for modern lane guidance, keep your distance, etc technology to me made mandatory in hazardous goods vehicles as soon as it is feasible, even if other vehicles do not follow for some years.
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