Thermal fatigue was likely the cause of the explosion and fire at Enterprise Products Partners’ Pascagoula, Miss., gas plant late in the evening of June 27, 2016, a US Chemical Safety Board investigation concluded on Feb. 19. The failure of the plant’s brazed aluminum heat exchange led to the release of methane, ethane, propane, and other hydrocarbons that then ignited, CSB’s final report on the incident said.

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