• The tank was burning for 42 hours and finally collapsed
• approx. 120 m³ of foam concentrate was used
• hundreds of firemen were fighting this fire
• more than 20 fire trucks were used
• major economical and environmental incident

• 13 hours of burning time, damaged tank
• Water supplying and technical problems
• More than 200 fire fighters were working
• major economical and environmental incident

• unreliable, complicated technology
   (fire water network, pumps, foam generators,
   monitors, fire fighting vehicles etc. are needed)
• long preparation time (sometimes hours)
• long extinguishing time (sometimes days)
• low performance
• manpower is needed
• designed according to old-fashioned standards

• storage tanks are burning for days
• enormous losses (tank rebuilding, losses in product)
• unacceptable air pollution