Biofuel Tank Fire (12/2024; damaged heating coil)

Providence Fire Department Field Notes

Date: 26Dec2024

Time: 15:04

Address: 130 Terminal Rd

Incident No.: 2024-45273

Investigator: Eric Pedro

SUMMARY 

  • On December 26, 2024, at approximately 15:30 hours, Fire Investigators from the Providence Fire Department responded to 130 Terminal Road to conduct a fire scene investigation. 
  • Investigators determined the fire originated in a distribution tank of biofuel. The cause of the fire was determined to be possibly a damaged heating coil in the system igniting the biofuel vapors in the tank. The first fuel ignited was determined to be vapors from the bio-fuel in the tank. The ignition sequence was possibly a damaged heating coil in the distribution tank that brought available vapors from stored biofuel to their ignition temperature. 

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