Hose Becomes Flame Thrower
An accident with butadiene gas in Los Angeles provides a vivid illustration of what happens invisibly when there are cross connections between city water systems and pipe lines carrying contaminated water.
In making a pressure test on a butadiene line for leakage, the fire department connected a hose to a fire hydrant and tried to pump water into the section of the butadiene line which supposedly was valved off and under no pressure.
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