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may 19, 2018 - Kuraray America Eval Business Unit

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Occuring at approximately 10:22 this incident injured 21 employees. Kuraray say the cause of this fire is thought to be "a pressure safety valve released thylene causing a flash fire in one of our precess units." In addition over 1000 pounds of gaseous ethylene was released.

Photo courtesy of Edward Ross

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may 19, 2018
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~ 8 years ago

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