Burnaby wants to fully understand Trans Mountain pipeline risks, increase its capacity to respond
The City of Burnaby is preparing for a series of unlikely but potentially disastrous accidents stemming from the Trans Mountain pipeline system.
The computer animation was created by ONEC in 2021 based on the terminal’s operations at that time. It does not reflect the recently completed Trans Mountain expansion which tripled the capacity of the original pipeline system and increased oil tanker traffic tenfold. The second scenario predicts what would happen in the event of a spill from the jet fuel tanks at Westridge Marine Terminal by the Burrard Inlet. It also involves lots of fire and the tank roof blowing off, but with no risk of a boilover. There are, however, propane tanks that could blow up into a “massive fireball” due to the heat from the burning jet fuel. The fatality zone encompasses everything within 158 metres of the explosion.
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