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尽管石油和石化产品储罐发生火灾的机率很小,但是,2005年发生在英格兰Buncefield燃料仓库的火灾却给我们上了生动的一课。这次火灾提醒我们,对于这些储罐必须要有强有力的灭火措施。Buncefield燃料仓库火灾过后的统计数字令人震惊:这次火灾共烧毁20多个大型燃料储罐,耗费泡沫液250000 L,用水25 000 000 L。这是二战以后的和平时期以来,欧洲发生的规模最大的火灾,同时也位居储罐火灾“大型事故(major incident)”之首。根据瑞典国家试验与研究院(the Swedish National Testing andResearch Institute)统计,在全球范围内平均每1个月就发生1次储罐火灾。这次火灾使英国的石油库存损失了5%,约2 000个家庭紧急疏散,受害人群和大不列颠政府损失合计超过10亿英镑。就在这次事故发生前8个月,英国石油公司
Despite the low probability of a fire in oil and petrochemical storage tanks, the 2005 fire at Buncefield Bunker in England gave us a vivid lesson. This fire reminds us that there must be a strong fire-fighting measure for these tanks. The statistics after the fire at the Buncefield fuel depot were alarming: the fire destroyed more than 20 large fuel tanks, consuming 250,000 liters of foam and 25,000,000 liters of water. This is the largest fire in Europe since the peace period after World War II and the first in a tank fire “major incident.” According to the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, an average tank fire occurs every 1 month worldwide. The fire caused a 5% loss of British oil inventories and an emergency evacuation of about 2,000 families, with a combined total of over £ 1 billion in damage and the government of Great Britain. Just eight months before the accident, British Petroleum