Fire fighters called to leaking nitrogen at Ilfracombe hospital
THE alarm was raised after a cylinder of liquid nitrogen was discovered leaking outside the Tyrrell Hospital in Ilfracombe on Sunday evening. Two fire crews from the town attended after being called to the scene just before 6.45pm. They found the cylinder
THE alarm was raised after a cylinder of liquid nitrogen was discovered leaking outside the Tyrrell Hospital in Ilfracombe on Sunday evening.
Two fire crews from the town attended after being called to the scene just before 6.45pm.
They found the cylinder, in a caged area outside together with oxygen cylinders, was discharging its contents.
It was allowed to vent completely while fire fighters kept an eye on the situation and then the incident was left in the hands of hospital authorities.
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Nitrogen is non toxic but can cause suffocation if the gas escapes in a confined indoor space. Liquid nitrogen is extremely cold and among other things is used as a refrigerant. It will freeze skin on contact and it causes frostbite type injuries.
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