# List of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions

The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a fireball developed (which is typically the case if the material is flammable).
Boiler explosions are not listed here, see List of boiler explosions. Note, however, that not all boiler explosions are BLEVEs, with some being fuel–air explosions arising in the boiler furnace.
Gas cylinders explosions are listed only where many (typically tens of) canisters exploded in a single event.

## List

| Date | Country | Location | Fixed or transport | Type | Material | Amount (tons) | Fatalities | Fireball | Main article, details and references |
| 13 December 1926 | France | Saint-Auban | F | Storage | Chlorine | 25 | 19 | N | |
| 28 May 1928 | Germany | Hamburg | F | Storage (runaway reaction) | Phosgene | 10 | 10 | N | |
| 10 May 1929 | United States | Syracuse, New York | F | Storage | Chlorine | 25 | 1 | N | |
| 24 December 1939 | Romania | Zărnești | F | Storage | Chlorine | 10 | 60 | N | |
| 29 July 1943 | Germany | Ludwigshafen | T | Rail | Butadiene (80%) and butene (20%) mixture | 16 | 57 | Y | At BASF plant |
| 1944 | United States | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | T | Road | LPG | 7 | 5 | Y | |
| 5 November 1947 | Finland | Rauma | F | Storage | Chlorine | 30 | 19 | N | |
| 28 July 1948 | Germany | Ludwigshafen | T | Rail | Diethyl ether | 33 | 209 | Y | 1948 BASF tank car explosion [de] |
| 7 July 1951 | United States | Newark, New Jersey | F | Storage | LPG | 2600 | 0 | Y | Seventy tanks |
| 4 April 1952 | West Germany | Duisburg | F | Storage | Chlorine | 30 | 19 | N | |
| 24 June 1952 | United States | Kansas City, Missouri | T | Road | LPG | | 2 | Y | |
| 4 January 1954 | United States | Atlanta, Georgia | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | During cargo transfer of a tanker truck |
| 13 January 1954 | United States | Lakeport, California | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | During cargo transfer of a tanker truck |
| 4 June 1954 | United States | Institute, West Virginia | T | Rail | Acrolein | 20 | 0 | Y | |
| 19 July 1955 | West Germany | Ludwigshafen | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 29 July 1956 | United States | Dumas, Texas | F | Storage | Pentane and hexane mixture | 1220 | 19 | Y | McKee refinery tank explosion and fire |
| 22 October 1956 | United States | Cottage Grove, Oregon | F | Storage | LPG | < 39 | 12 | Y | At an oil refinery |
| 8 January 1957 | Canada | Montreal, Quebec | F | Storage | LPG | 5100 | 1 | Y | At Shell refinery. Caused by overfill. Maximum height of flames estimated at 1.5 km. |
| 24 April 1957 | United States | | F | Process reactor | Formalin and phenol mixture | | 0 | N | At a Factory Mutual research facility. The term "BLEVE" was coined in the wake of this accident. |
| 1958 | United States | Michigan | | | LPG | 55 | 1 | Y | |
| 1958 | West Germany | Celle | T | Rail | LPG | 25 | | Y | |
| 4 March 1958 | United States | Shattuck, Oklahoma | T | Rail | LPG | 150 | 0 | Y | |
| 22 December 1958 | United States | Brownfield, Texas | T | Road | LPG | 25 | 4 | Y | |
| 22 January 1959 | United States | Monroe, Louisiana | T | Rail | Propylene | 26 | 8 | Y | |
| 12 March 1959 | United States | Brinkley, Arkansas | F | Storage | LPG | < 90 | 1 | Y | Caused by a truck driver starting off without unplugging a transfer hose |
| 28 May 1959 | United States | McKittrick, California | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 2 June 1959 | United States | Deer Lake, Pennsylvania | T | Road | LPG | 20 | 11 | Y | |
| 28 June 1959 | United States | Meldrim, Georgia | T | Rail | LPG | 55 | 23 | Y | Meldrim trestle disaster |
| 18 August 1959 | United States | Kansas City, Missouri | F | Storage | Gasoline | 70 | 5 | | Along Southwest Boulevard. Kansas City Fire Department's second largest loss of life in the line of duty. |
| 28 March 1960 | United Kingdom | Glasgow, Scotland | F | Storage | Whisky | 3900 | 19 | | Cheapside Street whisky bond fire |
| 17 April 1962 | United States | Brandenburg, Kentucky | F | Process reactor (runaway reaction) | Ethylene oxide and ammonia mixture | 70 | 5 | Y | |
| 27 May 1962 | United States | Berlin, New York | T | Road | LPG | 13 | 10 | Y | |
| 12 October 1964 | United States | Moran, Kansas | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | Four tank cars BLEVEd. |
| 13 December 1964 | United States | Columbus, Ohio | T | Rail | Ethylene oxide | | 0 | Y | |
| 4 January 1966 | France | Feyzin | F | Storage | LPG | 1000 | 18 | Y | Feyzin disaster |
| 28 August 1966 | United States | Walton, Kentucky | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 22 August 1967 | United States | Texarkana, Texas | T | Rail | Butadiene | | 0 | Y | |
| 1 January 1968 | United States | Dunreith, Indiana | T | Rail | Ethylene oxide | | 0 | Y | |
| 27 May 1968 | United States | Cotulla, Texas | T | Rail | Ethylene oxide | | 0 | Y | |
| 21 August 1968 | France | Liévin | T | Road | Ammonia | 19 | 6 | N | |
| 27 November 1968 | United States | Tarrytown, New York | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 2 January 1969 | Hungary | Répcelak | F | Storage | Carbon dioxide | 35 | 9 | N | |
| 25 January 1969 | United States | Laurel, Mississippi | T | Rail | LPG | 65 | 2 | Y | Several tank cars BLEVEd. |
| 18 February 1969 | United States | Crete, Nebraska | T | Rail | Ammonia | 65 | 8 | N | |
| 29 April 1969 | United States | Cumming, Iowa | T | Rail | Ammonia | 91 | 0 | N | |
| 2 June 1969 | United States | North Carolina | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 11 September 1969 | United States | Glendora, Mississippi | T | Rail | Vinyl chloride | 55 | 0 | Y | 30,000 people evacuated |
| 21 October 1969 | United States | Troup, Texas | T | Rail | Ethylene oxide | | 0 | Y | |
| 8 December 1969 | France | Douai | F | HVAC plant | Ammonia | 0.3 | 0 | | Occurred at a brewery. |
| 1970 | United States | Hopkinton, Massachusetts | T | Road | LPG | 4 | 0 | Y | |
| 30 May 1970 | United States | New York City, New York | T | Road | Oxygen | 12 | 2 | N | At Victory Memorial Hospital in Brooklyn. Occurred after a liquid oxygen tanker finished unloading a cargo. |
| 21 June 1970 | United States | Crescent City, Illinois | T | Rail | LPG | 275 | 0 | Y | In downtown area |
| 22 July 1970 | France | Perpignan | T | Rail | LPG | 45 | 2 | Y | Inside a gas storage and bottling plant |
| 27 August 1970 | United States | Byron, New York | T | Rail | Vinyl chloride | | 0 | Y | |
| 23 October 1970 | United Kingdom | Hull, England | T | Road | LPG | | 2 | Y | |
| 19 January 1971 | United States | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | T | Rail | Ethylene | 4 | 0 | Y | |
| 4 February 1971 | United States | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | T | Road | LPG | 17 | 0 | Y | |
| 19 October 1971 | United States | Houston, Texas | T | Rail | Vinyl chloride | 50 | 1 | Y | |
| 1972 | United States | Montana | F | Storage | LPG | | 1 | Y | |
| 9 February 1972 | United States | Tewksbury, Massachusetts | T | Road | LPG | 28 | 3 | Y | When unloading at Lowell Gas Company plant |
| 9 March 1972 | United States | Lynchburg, Virginia | T | Road | LPG | 9 | 3 | Y | |
| 30 March 1972 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | F | Storage | LPG | 1000+ | 38 | Y | 1972 Reduc explosion [pt] |
| 21 September 1972 | United States | Hightstown, New Jersey | T | Road | Propylene | 18 | 2 | Y | On New Jersey Turnpike |
| 5 July 1973 | United States | Kingman, Arizona | T | Rail | LPG | 100 | 13 | Y | Kingman explosion |
| 6 November 1973 | United States | Wadstrom,Ventura, California | T | Rail | LPG | | 3 | Y | Accident was caused by two boys releasing the hand brakes of standing tank cars. |
| 17 December 1973 | United States | Mountainville, New York | F | Storage | LPG | 28 | 0 | Y | |
| 1974 | Spain | | T | Road | Ethylene | 20 | 0 | Y | |
| 1974 | United Kingdom | Aberdeen, Scotland | T | Road | LPG | 2 | 0 | Y | |
| 11 January 1974 | United States | West St. Paul, Minnesota | F | Storage | LPG | 27 | 4 | Y | |
| 12 February 1974 | United States | Oneonta, New York | T | Rail | LPG | 288 | 0 | Y | |
| 1 March 1974 | United States | Londonderry, Pennsylvania | F | Storage | Hydrogen | 5 | | Y | At Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1. Occurred when firefighters introduced water in a vent stack, plugging it with ice as a result. |
| 17 April 1974 | West Germany | Bielefeld | T | Rail | Gasoline | | 0 | Y | Several tank cars exploded. |
| 29 June 1974 | United States | Climax, Texas | T | Rail | Vinyl chloride | 108 | 0 | Y | |
| 21 September 1974 | United States | Houston, Texas | T | Rail | Butadiene | 92 | 1 | Y | At a Southern Pacific Transportation Company marshalling yard |
| 29 April 1975 | United States | Eagle Pass, Texas | T | Road | LPG | 18 | 16 | Y | |
| 22 June 1975 | United States | Angleton, Texas | F | Storage | LPG | 41 | 0 | Y | |
| 1 September 1975 | United States | Saylor, Iowa | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | Four tank cars BLEVEd. |
| 22 October 1975 | United States | Fertile, Minnesota | T | Rail | LPG | 75 | 0 | Y | |
| 14 December 1975 | United States | Niagara Falls, New York | T | Rail | Chlorine | 20 | 4 | N | |
| 11 May 1976 | United States | Houston, Texas | T | Road | Ammonia | 20 | 6 | N | |
| 19 August 1976 | United States | Flint, Michigan | T | Road | LPG | 50 | 1 | Y | |
| 31 August 1976 | United States | Gadsden, Alabama | F | Storage | Gasoline | 4 | 3 | Y | At a gas station |
| 2 September 1976 | West Germany | Haltern am See | T | Rail | Carbon dioxide | 231 | 1 | N | At a marshalling yard |
| 18 October 1976 | United States | Clifford, Michigan | T | Rail | Acrylonitrile | | 0 | Y | |
| 26 November 1976 | United States | Belt, Montana | T | Rail | LPG | 80 | 2 | Y | |
| 6 February 1977 | United States | Boynton Beach, Florida | F/T | Rail Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | A train laden with propane struck a wall next to four LPG spheres. |
| 20 February 1977 | United States | Dallas, Texas | T | Rail | LPG | 68 | 0 | Y | |
| 19 June 1977 | Mexico | Puebla | F | Storage | Vinyl chloride | 110 | 1 | Y | At a plastic factory |
| 12 July 1977 | Italy | Cassino | F | Storage | LPG | | 5 | Y | |
| 8 December 1977 | Colombia | Cartagena | F | Process reactor | Ammonia | 21 | 30 | N | At Abocol urea plant |
| 31 January 1978 | United States | New Martinsville, West Virginia | F | Storage | Nitrogen | | | N | At an Air Products & Chemicals and Mobay Chemical Corporation facility |
| 24 February 1978 | United States | Waverly, Tennessee | T | Rail | LPG | 45 | 16 | Y | Waverly tank car explosion |
| 29 March 1978 | United States | Lewisville, Arkansas | T | Rail | Vinyl chloride | 110 | 0 | Y | |
| 30 May 1978 | United States | Texas City, Texas | F | Storage | LPG | 1500 | 7 | Y | |
| 11 July 1978 | Spain | Alcanar | T | Road | Propylene | 25 | 217 | Y | Los Alfaques disaster |
| 4 August 1978 | United States | Donnellson, Iowa | T | Pipeline | LPG | 435 | 2 | Y | |
| 22 November 1978 | United States | Canyon, Texas | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 18 December 1978 | The Netherlands | Nijmegen | T | Road | LPG | 17 | 0 | Y | At a gas station. A fixed LPG tank was also exposed but did not explode. |
| 8 April 1979 | United States | Crestview, Florida | T | Rail | Ammonia | | 0 | N | |
| 30 August 1979 | United States | Good Hope, Louisiana | T | Shipping | LPG | 120 | 12 | Y | Collision between MV Inca Tupac Yupanqui and butane-laden barge TB Panama City |
| 8 September 1979 | United States | Paxton, Shelby County, Texas | T | Rail | Tetrahydrofuran and ethylene oxide | | 0 | Y | Derailment of 33 tank cars and two locomotives |
| 10 November 1979 | Canada | Mississauga, Ontario | T | Rail | LPG | 21 | 0 | Y | Three tan cars explode |
| 3 January 1980 | The Netherlands | Berg en Dal | T | Shipping | | | 0 | | Collision between vessels Kombi 21 and Rodort 6 on the river Waal by the hamlet of Erlecom |
| 3 March 1980 | United States | Los Angeles, California | T | Road | Gasoline | 36 | 5 | Y | |
| 1 August 1981 | Mexico | Cerritos, San Luis Potosí | T | Rail | Chlorine | 110 | 29 | N | |
| 21 June 1982 | The Netherlands | Grootebroek | F | Storage | | | 1 | | |
| 26 June 1982 | Canada | Lundbreck, Alberta | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 28 September 1982 | United States | Livingston, Louisiana | T | Rail | Vinyl chloride and styrene | 640 | 0 | Y | |
| 11 December 1982 | United States | Taft, Louisiana | F | Storage (runaway reaction) | Acrolein | 250 | 0 | Y | More than 20,000 evacuated |
| 29 December 1982 | Italy | Florence | T | Road | LPG | | 4 | Y | |
| 12 July 1983 | United States | Reserve, Louisiana | F | Process vessel (runaway reaction) | Chloroprene | 1 | 3 | | |
| 3 September 1983 | United States | Murdock, Illinois | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 4 October 1983 | United States | Houston, Texas | | | Methyl bromide | 28 | 2 | | |
| 23 July 1984 | United States | Romeoville, Illinois | F | Process vessel | LPG | | 15 | Y | 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster |
| 19 November 1984 | Mexico | San Juan Ixhuatepec | F | Storage | LPG | 3000 | 500+ | Y | San Juanico disaster |
| 19 May 1985 | Italy | Priolo Gargallo | F | Storage | LPG | 50 | 0 | Y | At Enichem petrochemical plant. BLEVE was caused by a powerful jet fire from the broken pipe of a distillation column. |
| 9 June 1985 | United States | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | T | Rail | Ethylene oxide | | 0 | Y | |
| 28 January 1986 | United States | Merritt Island, Florida | T | Spacecraft | Hydrogen and oxygen | | 7 | Y | Space Shuttle Challenger disaster |
| 1987 | United States | Minnesota | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | Three propane tanks BLEVEd at a research facility. |
| 17 August 1987 | Australia | Cairns, Queensland | F | Storage | LPG | 20 | 1 | Y | |
| 21 March 1988 | United Kingdom | Kings Ripton, England | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | Storage tank for domestic use |
| 16 August 1988 | Italy | Spinetta Marengo | F | Process vessel (runaway reaction) | Diisopropyl monohydroperoxide | | 0 | Y | Uncontrolled thermal decomposition of Luperox DH at Atofina plant |
| 21 November 1988 | West Germany | Worms | F | Storage | Carbon dioxide | 66 | 3 | N | |
| 23 December 1988 | United States | Memphis, Tennessee | T | Road | LPG | 18 | 9 | Y | Memphis tanker truck disaster |
| 20 May 1989 | Soviet Union | Alma Ata | T | Rail | LPG | 23 | 20+ | Y | Following a train collision |
| 1 April 1990 | Australia | Sydney, New South Wales | F | Storage | LPG | 240+ | 0 | Y | Occurred at Boral's St. Peters facility. Fire broke out at about 9:00 pm, burning for over nine hours. A 100-ton tank and many smaller ones exploded. |
| 28 August 1992 | Japan | Ishikari | F | Storage | Nitrogen | 4 | 0 | N | |
| 19 April 1993 | United States | Waco, Texas | F | Storage | LPG | | 86 | Y | Propane tank explosion during the Waco siege |
| 27 June 1993 | Canada | Warwick, Quebec | F | Storage | LPG | 2 | 4 | Y | Occurred in a barn serving as maternity for calves. |
| August 1993 | India | Panipat | F | Process vessel | Ammonia | | 6 | N | |
| 4 March 1994 | United States | Weyauwega, Wisconsin | T | Rail | LPG | | 0 | Y | Weyauwega, Wisconsin, derailment |
| 15 March 1996 | Italy | Paese | T | Road | LPG | 13 | 2 | Y | Fire initiated when a tanker truck was offloading cargo. |
| 18 March 1996 | Italy | Capaci | T | Road | LPG | | 5 | Y | |
| 1 December 1996 | Argentina | La Plata | F | Pipes | LPG | | 2 | Y | |
| 29 April 1997 | Turkey | Pendik | F | Storage | LPG | 10 | 0 | Y | At a factory for packaging of aerosol containers |
| 2 October 1997 | United States | Burnside, Illinois | F | Storage | LPG | 2 | 2 | Y | Near a grain dryer |
| 1998 | China | Xi'an | F | Storage | LPG | | 11 | Y | |
| 9 April 1998 | United States | Albert City, Iowa | F | Storage | LPG | 34 | 2 | Y | At Herrig Brothers turkey farm |
| 22 March 1999 | Turkey | Dortyrol | F | Storage | LPG | ~30 | 2 | Y | |
| 1 May 1999 | Greece | Kamena Vourla | T | Road | LPG | 18 | 4 | Y | |
| 23 September 1999 | Canada | Toronto, Ontario | T | Rail | LPG | 60+ | 0 | Y | |
| 30 December 1999 | Canada | Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec | T | Rail | Gasoline | | 4 | Y | |
| 22 March 2000 | Morocco | Casablanca | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | A tanker truck exploded at offloading station. The fire engulfs two fixed tanks but cooling by firemen and relief valves prevent further BLEVEs. |
| 9 May 2000 | France | Bordes | T | Road | LPG | 10 | 0 | Y | Several gas canisters on board a truck |
| 27 May 2000 | United States | Eunice, Louisiana | T | Rail | Methyl chloride | | 0 | Y | |
| 19 July 2000 | United States | Willoughby, Ohio | F | Storage | LPG | 66 | 0 | Y | AmeriGas plant, overfilled propane cylinders. Later the company recalled other cylinders it has sold to prevent further accidents. |
| 20 October 2000 | United States | Downey, California | F | Storage | LPG | 2 | 0 | Y | |
| 22 October 2000 | United States | Texas | T | | LPG | 17 | 2 | Y | |
| 7 January 2001 | India | Kanpur | T | Road | LPG | | 12 | Y | |
| 7 January 2001 | United States | Truth or Consequences, New Mexico | F/T | Storage Road | LPG | 37 | 0 | Y | One fixed tank exploded after a collision from a truck. A 2,000 U.S. gal (7.6 m$^3$) truck tank later also exploded. |
| 1 July 2001 | India | Jamnagar | | | LPG | | 12 | Y | |
| 14 July 2001 | United States | Riverview, Michigan | T | Rail | Methyl mercaptan | 71 | 3 | Y | Within an Atofina chemical plant |
| 23 November 2001 | Canada | Sainte-Sophie, Quebec | F | Storage | LPG | ~10 | 0 | Y | |
| 22 June 2002 | Spain | Tivissa | T | Road | LNG | 22 | 1 | Y | First ever reported LNG BLEVE |
| 28 July 2002 | Turkey | İzmit | T | Road | LPG | 63 | 1 | Y | At a gas bottling station |
| 14 March 2003 | United States | Newton, New Jersey | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | At Able Energy tank farm. Unconfirmed BLEVE of an LPG tanker in the parking lot. |
| 5 July 2003 | Turkey | Ankara | F | Storage | LPG | 6 | 3+ | Y | At a petrol station |
| 12 November 2003 | France | Razines | F | Storage | LPG | 1+ | 0 | Y | |
| 18 November 2003 | France | La Roche-Bernard | T | Road | LPG | | 2 | Y | |
| 9 June 2005 | France | Saint-Laurent-Blangy | T | Road | LPG | | | | A train collided with a truck at a rail crossing. Several canisters carried by the truck exploded. The first car of the train was completely charred. |
| 24 June 2005 | United States | St. Louis, Missouri | F | Storage | Acetylene, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, LPG, oxygen, propylene, etc. | | 1 | Y | At a Praxair gas cylinder filling plant. Dozens of cylinders BLEVEd. |
| 1 April 2006 | France | Audincourt | F | Storage | LPG | | | | 65 gas canisters exploded. |
| 5 October 2006 | United States | Apex, North Carolina | F | Storage | Flammable solvents and paints | | 0 | Y | Several 200 L drums BLEVEd when engulfed in fire. |
| 7 May 2007 | France | Dagneux | T | Road | LPG | 3 | 0 | Y | Two or three BLEVEs in a parking lot |
| 10 August 2008 | Canada | Toronto, Ontario | F | Storage | LPG | | 2 | Y | Toronto propane explosion |
| 2 October 2008 | United States | St. Paul, Minnesota | T | Road | | | 0 | Y | On I-94 |
| 13 November 2008 | China | Yuhang, Hangzhou | T | Shipping | Carbon dioxide | 72 | 2 | N | |
| 27 July 2010 | France | Port-la-Nouvelle | T | Road | LPG | 4 | 0 | Y | Tanker truck in the parking lot of a gas-bottling factory |
| 11 March 2011 | Japan | Chiba | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | Occurred at Cosmo refinery. Caused by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Several LPG tanks involved. |
| 11 March 2011 | Japan | Sendai | F | Storage | LPG | | | Y | Occurred at JX oil refinery. Caused by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Several LPG tanks involved. |
| 20 October 2011 | Spain | Zarzalico | T | Road | LNG | 22 | 1 | Y | Fatality caused by collision |
| 27 August 2012 | India | Chala | T | Road | LPG | 18 | 20 | Y | Chala LPG tanker disaster |
| 29 September 2012 | Japan | Himeji | F | Process vessel (runaway reaction) | Acrylic acid | 26 | 1 | Y | At Nippon Shokubai chemical plant |
| 7 May 2013 | Mexico | Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico | T | Road | LPG | 19 | 22 | Y | |
| 13 June 2013 | United States | Geismar, Louisiana | F | Process vessel | LPG | 9 | 2 | Y | Williams Olefins Plant explosion |
| 13 July 2013 | Russia | Moscow | T | Road | LPG | 1 | 0 | Y | Dozens of LPG canisters |
| 29 July 2013 | United States | Tavares, Florida | F | Storage | LPG | | 0 | Y | At a gas bottling plant. Thousands of 9 kg (20 lb) canisters BLEVEd. |
| 30 December 2013 | United States | Casselton, North Dakota | T | Rail | Bakken crude oil | 1500 | 0 | Y | |
| 21 July 2014 | Turkey | Lice | T | Road | LPG | 19 | 34 | Y | |
| 3 April 2016 | France | Bassens | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | In the parking lot of a hazardous cargo transport company. Two BLEVEs. |
| 3 April 2017 | United States | St. Louis, Missouri | F | Steam plant | Water | | 4 | N | Occurred at Loy-Lange Box Company |
| 18 September 2017 | France | Chevanceux | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | Several LPG cylinders BLEVEd. |
| 5 June 2018 | United States | Sonoma, California | F | Storage | LPG | 2 | 0 | Y | At a lumber and pallet factory |
| 6 August 2018 | Italy | Bologna | T | Road | LPG | 23 | 2 | Y | Borgo Panigale explosion |
| 21 June 2019 | United States | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | F | Process vessel | Butene, isobutane and n-butane mixture | | 0 | Y | 2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion. BLEVE was the third of three major explosions. |
| 24 December 2022 | South Africa | Boksburg | T | Road | LPG | 33 | 41 | Y | Boksburg explosion |
| 20 January 2023 | France | Fillinges | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | |
| 22 March 2023 | United States | Pasadena, Texas | T | Road | LPG | | 0 | Y | During tank truck offloading at INEOS Phenol Cumene plant |