Recently the newspapers and media were in frenzy over the fire that broke out in a chemical manufacturing factory. The fire was so intense that it took many hours to bring it under control but the factory was burnt completely. Fortunately there were no casualties because the fire broke out when the entire staff has signed off. The fire broke out in the storage area and spread like wildfire and engulfed the entire facility within seconds. The forensic reports indicated that a chemical storage tank had sprung a leak which caused the liquid to find its way into the sacks that were stacked nearby. The combination of the liquid with the powdered chemical caused the reaction which resulted in a huge fire.

It may be termed as human error because they failed to learn about the leak before the calamity took place, or it can also be related to the non availability of the ultrasonic level indicator in the factory. The ... Read more »