Fire on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Decanting Process Premise

Fire on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Decanting Process Premise

On the night of February 28, an explosion and fire occurred at a premise where the illegal transferring operation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) took place (Figure 1). It believed to be caused by gas leakage during the transferring work (decanting process) from domestic cylinder to industrial cylinder (Figure 2). Fire has destroyed entire processing area on the premises. No casualties reported.

                          Figure 1 : Scene of the accident
 

Figure 2 : Pile of cylinders damage by the fire

Suggestions for Improvement:

1. Owner should ensure that the operation of his establishment has taken into account all the safety precautions required during the decanting process including safety signage, impact and fire protection as well as potential ignition sources
2. All equipment used in the process must be checked and confirmed to be safe to use (not substantial) and will not cause any risks to employees and also public's.
3. All employee engaged in the decanting process should undergo the instructional training and be able to demonstrate competency in the filling, emergency procedures and use of personal protective equipment associated with the task

NOW SOLENOID VALVE & GAS DETECTOR COMPULSORY IN MALLS

The Energy Commission has released a directive to shopping mall owners and tenants with piped gas supply to install solenoid valves on their networks. Especially when it comes to in-mall restaurant kitchens with cooking stoves, gas leak detector systems must be installed in order for these valves to shut supply off upon detection of leakage.

This was revealed at the recent Planning, Managing & Enhancing Building Safety seminar, organised by Building Management Association of Malaysia.

According to the directive, mall owners and occupiers must employ one full-time staff to oversee gas safety. This staff must ensure that all gas valves are closed and recorded as such by the end of the day’s operations.

"The directive said immediate action must be taken but we know that this requires some time and investment, so the tenant will be given some grace period of, I think, some months to comply," said the Energy Commission’s head of gas safety, Yusni Sharif. "Definitely, we have to ensure we do something since gas leakages have been rampant." Gas explosions within malls have occurred over the last few years in Maju Junction, KL, Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang, as well as Aeon Jusco, Malacca.

More than five months after the gas blast at Empire Gallery, in fact, investigation results into the cause of the incident are yet to be released.

The time frame given by the commission to do so was in fact three months after the incident.

While unwilling to make any statement, experts from the commission indicated that the investigation has concluded and that the results are now in the hands of the Energy Commission’s lawyers.
- The Sun, Malaysia - 30 Mar 2012

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