I side with PP and meleagertoo on viewing the refinery image - that is not a petroleum fire, but more likely the result of someone hitting the ESD button on arrival of incoming.
I also note the lines of LPG spheres next to the tank farm bottom right, and that the shadows of the white plumes suggest very low wind conditions ... and wonder if, for whatever reasons, the wrong targets had been hit.
Such conditions prevailed when the Nypro installations near Flixborough, UK were wiped out following an escape of an estimated 60 tonnes of cyclohexane, which produced a fuel-air explosive detonation rivalling that of a tactical nuke.
Although LPG per se might not be consided of primary importance, folks might like to explore the meanings of the acronym BLEVE .... not that I should be giving anyone ideas about force mutiplication effects, now should I?
Last edited by dogle; 20th March 2024 at 02:42.