Incident Analysis

what we know so far

Write-ups of recent process incidents, built from public reporting as it comes in. Each one asks the same questions a FuSa engineer would ask on site: what the process was, where the protection layers were, and what we know so far about why they did not hold.

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The Basra Ammonia Leak: What We Know So Far
On September 13, 2026, a pump failure at the Southern Fertilizer Company in Basra, Iraq, released ammonia, killing two workers and injuring 114 people. Injured workers stopped the release by…
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The Amur Gas Chemical Complex Fire: What We Know So Far
An explosion and fire at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Russia's Far East killed 15 workers during commissioning, weeks before the plant was due to make its first product.…
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The Same Explosion, Eleven Years Apart
In August 2026, two explosions killed two workers at a Brent Industries plant in Toledo. Eleven years earlier, a nearly identical blast killed an operator at the company's Alabama plant,…
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The Haldia Naphtha Pipeline Fire: What We Know So Far
In June 2026, a naphtha pipeline caught fire at Haldia Petrochemicals in West Bengal, India, burning outward into homes, a railway, and a neighbouring LPG line. The suspected cause is…
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Houston Recycling Fire: When Is a Recycling Center a Process Facility?
A tire fire at a Houston recycling yard raises a sharper question for functional safety practitioners: is a recycling center a process facility, was the fire a process safety event,…
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The Qatar Gas Plant Explosion: What We Know So Far
In June 2026, an explosion tore through the Barzan gas plant at Qatar's Ras Laffan during a restart after months of maintenance, killing 13 and injuring 66. Here is what…
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The Longview Chemical Tank Implosion: What We Know So Far
On May 26, 2026, a 1.2-million-gallon white liquor tank failed at the Nippon Dynawave mill in Longview, Washington, killing eleven workers. This piece covers the facility, the chemical, what the…
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The Garden Grove Chemical Incident: What We Know So Far
A tank of methyl methacrylate at a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California has been the center of a multi-day chemical emergency. This article walks through the facility, the…