13-05-2012, 21:22
The FIA is likely to discuss with teams a review into the storage of fuel and the high voltage KERS systems as well as other potentially hazardous materials after a fire broke out in the Williams garage, an hour after the Spanish Grand Prix finished.
The Williams team was celebrating its first win since 2004, with Sir Frank Williams in the garage and team members as well as media present having just done a celebratory photograph.
The garage was quickly evacuated, but the fire took hold quickly and the garage was gutted. Thick plumes of acrid smoke poured out from the garage
Although no official statement has yet been released, Williams media staff confirmed that no-one had been seriously hurt; four Williams staff members were being treated. It’s believed one is for burns and the rest for smoke inhalation. Meanwhile four staff from the next door Caterham team also received attention, as did one Force India staff member, but were unhurt.
There is no word yet as to what caused the fire, but clearly something set off the fuel rig in the back of the garage and there was some speculation among informed sources from another team that it may have been related to the storage of the high voltage KERS, which has to have its own secure area in a garage. This has not been confirmed.
KERS and fuel storage could face review after fire in Williams garage
Senior figures from two teams said that a fresh look at safety procedures would likely follow this incident.
McLaren’s Jonathan Neale said that existing F1 team health and safety procedures involve a full report being filed on the garage set up at every Grand Prix and a list of how hazardous materials are stored. There is a comprehensive book on how to store fuel, for example, and an incident of this kind hasn’t been seen in Formula 1.
But safety is taken very seriously by teams and the FIA and both sides are likely sit to down via the mechanism of the Sporting Working Group, which oversees operational activities, to review safety measure
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The Williams team was celebrating its first win since 2004, with Sir Frank Williams in the garage and team members as well as media present having just done a celebratory photograph.
The garage was quickly evacuated, but the fire took hold quickly and the garage was gutted. Thick plumes of acrid smoke poured out from the garage
Although no official statement has yet been released, Williams media staff confirmed that no-one had been seriously hurt; four Williams staff members were being treated. It’s believed one is for burns and the rest for smoke inhalation. Meanwhile four staff from the next door Caterham team also received attention, as did one Force India staff member, but were unhurt.
There is no word yet as to what caused the fire, but clearly something set off the fuel rig in the back of the garage and there was some speculation among informed sources from another team that it may have been related to the storage of the high voltage KERS, which has to have its own secure area in a garage. This has not been confirmed.
KERS and fuel storage could face review after fire in Williams garage
Senior figures from two teams said that a fresh look at safety procedures would likely follow this incident.
McLaren’s Jonathan Neale said that existing F1 team health and safety procedures involve a full report being filed on the garage set up at every Grand Prix and a list of how hazardous materials are stored. There is a comprehensive book on how to store fuel, for example, and an incident of this kind hasn’t been seen in Formula 1.
But safety is taken very seriously by teams and the FIA and both sides are likely sit to down via the mechanism of the Sporting Working Group, which oversees operational activities, to review safety measure
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2012/05/ke...ms-garage/
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