On 15th of November, 05 at around 3 o Clock in the evening, an operator riding a vehicle within the plant premises (which was not allowed before) accidentally crashed into an over ground pipeline that is used for transferring Pentane from the Storage. The impact of the crash resulted in a fire in the pipeline and which started spreading towards the main storage.
The fire is noticed by an onlooker outside the plant and is reported to the Industrial Emergency Management Centre (IEMC) of RiskCity by telephone. The IEMC has a GIS setup and all the data that is required to make a spatial analysis of an accident and take appropriate response decisions (the same data has been provided in the RiskStorage Folder). It must be understood here, that time is a major constraint in such emergencies as they typically evolve very fast (typically within an hour) and right decisions have to be taken quickly.
The site is indicated in the polygon map Accident.