1989 explosion accident of Huangdao oil depot

1989 August 12 at 9: 00 am, there was a thunderstorm in Huangdao area. At 9: 55 a.m., the No.5 oil storage tank in Huangdao Oil Depot was suddenly struck by lightning, and it exploded and caught fire, forming a fire of about 3,500 square meters. In the morning 10, Qingdao fire department immediately dispatched Huangdao Development Zone, which is very close to the fire. 10 fire engines from 8 fire squadrons set out from downtown Qingdao and arrived by sea. 10:40, the fire fighting forces in Qingdao city arrived. 14: 35, the fire in No.5 tank was fierce and dazzling white light appeared, and the fire commander immediately ordered the evacuation. 14: 36, the No.4 tank adjacent to No.5 tank suddenly exploded, and the top of a cement tank of more than 3,000 square meters was lifted off, and the height of crude oil mixed with flames and smoke reached tens of meters. According to the concrete fragments on the top of No.4 tank, the adjacent 1, No.2 and No.3 metal tanks cracked, resulting in oil and gas leakage. After about 1 min, the oil fire spilled from No.5 tank ignited the oil and gas leaked from No.5 tank 1 tank, No.2 tank and No.3 tank successively, causing deflagration, and a fire broke out in the old tank farm of Huangdao oil depot. The fire scene failed to retreat, and firefighters suffered heavy casualties. Three firemen died in the fire fighting.

In the early morning of the next day, firefighting forces from other parts of Shandong Province rushed to the scene of the fire. * * * 10 large foam truck, 3 dry powder trucks and 27 pump trucks form five water supply trunk lines, and concentrate on the fire fighting operation for No.5 tank, the main fire source. By 14:20, the open flame of tank 5 was completely extinguished. By 2 1 30, the open flames in 1, 2 and 4 tanks were basically extinguished. Later, after repeated several times, many building fires and hidden fires in pipelines were put out. By 16 and 17, all the open flames were extinguished. 18: 30, except for five fire engines, all other firefighters and vehicles were evacuated, and the whole fire fighting operation took 104 hours. The fire caused serious consequences, * * * burned more than 40 thousand tons of crude oil, burned more than 4 thousand square meters of houses and 20 thousand square meters of roads; The burning high temperature, water pollution and explosion shock wave destroyed 33,000 snakeheads, nearly 3,000 minks, 5,200 mu of shrimp ponds and 1 160 mu of mussels, and hundreds of millions of fish fry died on 22,000 mu of beaches. In addition, thousands to 10,000 tons of crude oil leaked, causing large-scale pollution in the waters of Jiaozhou Bay. The coastline around Huangdao102km is seriously polluted, and the oil pollution has also spread to the coast of Qingdao. Several beaches in the city have also been polluted, and a warning sign from the health department has been erected on the shore: "For your health, please don't swim in the sea in the near future, especially those with skin diseases."