This blog presents Metropolitan Engineering Consulting & Forensics (MEC&F) claim management and claim investigation analyses of some of the typical claims we handle
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE)
BLEVE stands for boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. The huge fireballs seen in the West Virginia explosion were due to oil tank
cars that began to boil causing a BLEVE.