Rochester Airport Explosion: Hydrogen Tanks Ignite
(Democrat and Chronicle) Two hydrogen tanks at Monroe County’s alternative fuel station on Scottsville Road exploded and caught fire this afternoon, sending black smoke high in the air. The blasts were heard as far away as Pittsford.
A male employee of Praxair drove an 18-wheel truck carrying a compressed-hydrogen tank to the station to replace another truck and tank, County Executive Maggie Brooks and Airport Director David Damelio said during a briefing this afternoon.
…One of the hydrogen tanks exploded and caught fire about 12:50 p.m. Officials believe that there was some sort of arcing on the ground that spread the flames to the other tank, which also exploded. …(T)he driver, Robert Scruggs, 61, of Geneva, Ohio, had been taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with second-degree burns. Helfer said Scruggs was in satisfactory condition. A 20-year-old female employee of a nearby Burger King suffered ear pain and was treated.
…All air traffic was suspended for 50 minutes.
…Monroe County opened the fueling station Aug. 21, 2008. It is equipped with pumps that dispense E-85 and E-20 ethanol blends as well as B-20 biodiesel fuel. READ MORE and MORE (Jalopnik)
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