# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013080593 — LPG — TAVARES, FL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013080593  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-07-29  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2013-07-29 in TAVARES, FL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2013080593.
Incident date: 2013-07-29.
Location: TAVARES, FL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Ferrellgas, Inc..
Shipper: Ferrellgas, Inc..
Materials: UN1075; LPG; hazard class 2.1; 17803.76976 GCF released.
What failed: Body / Vapor Valve.
How failed: Leaked / Vented.
Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat.
Reported result: Fire, Explosion, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=9GAe%2BhBok1hJ9XsqR2z1Qg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `c0a73a508d4409e142ccf57c8fdab42cad4485d7940e7310aaf34e16f67f687c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T10:28:18.363Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2013080593`

### Source metadata

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