Animation of the BP Texas City incident with a tower filled with liquids

🕒 The incident at the BP Texas City refinery occurred at around 2 am on March 23, 2005.

🔥 The operators mistakenly introduced highly flammable hydrocarbons into the refining separator tower, causing it to overfill.

🚨 The alarm system failed to properly alert the operators about the dangerous level of liquid in the tower.

📊 The liquid feed tower at BP Texas City was overfilled, reaching a level 20 times higher than normal.

🔥 Operators started the burner to heat the feed without knowing that the tower was still filling up.

⏰ At around 12:40 pm, a high-pressure alarm was triggered due to the excessive liquid level.

💡 The temperature inside the tower increased significantly due to a malfunctioning valve.

🌡️ The hot liquid in the bottom of the tower caused a sudden rise in temperature.

⚠️ The tower started overflowing with liquids due to the increased level inside.

🔥 At 2:14 PM, three emergency valves opened, causing liquid to flood the relief drum and create an eruption-like event.

💣 Around 2:20 PM, the ignited vapor cloud resulted in a series of explosions.

🚧 The Chemical Safety Commission believes that the vapor cloud was the source of the ignition.

🔥 The video is about a devastating explosion at a Texas City plant.

💥 The explosion was caused by a pickup truck parked near the vent drum, leading to a chain reaction of destruction and fires.

🚒 The explosion resulted in the death of 15 workers and significant damage to chemical storage tanks.

🔍 The Chemical Safety Board launched an investigation to determine the root causes of the tragedy.

🚧 The explosion at BP Texas City resulted in injuries and missing persons.