a water pipe A water treatment facility in Paraná, Entre Rios state broke down during repairs. big explosion. Two workers working nearby were hit by strong water pressure and injured. Minor injury.
It happened this Thursday morning at the Echeverria factory in Paraná state. Four city employees were carrying out their scheduled duties. Reported on part of the water network ONE Between Rivers.
A video that went viral on social networks showed two workers positioned on one of the pipes, with one of them sitting on top of the pipe. I used a grinder on the pipe.. Behind him, his partner held the device’s cable and inspected its operation.
The purpose of the work reported by the City of Paraná is: is to modernize the drinking water system It increases the efficiency, capacity and sustainability of city services. Work began early Thursday morning with limited operations at distribution centers in Ramirez and Ejercito. This is the cause A low pressure system has formed in the city, causing water outages..
Especially at the Echeverria factory. Installing a new delivery pipe They reported that they had rerouted the route from the factory to Ramirez Street to increase the supply of purified water to the distribution center. NOW Entre Rios.
After a few minutes, it looked like there was a hole. The pipe exploded, and a tremendous amount of water spewed out.. When the recording was published, this caused concern among users on social networks, If the two workers were finedue to the direct impact of the water. The local government explained: The pipe had to be completely depressurizedbut it wasn’t and it caused an explosion.
Although the two workers were shocked, safety And the incident did not escalate. “There was no major impact and our employees continued to work. They are fine.” One had a cut and the other did not. they got checked by a doctor. I expected them to intervene on the pipe, thinking it was completely depressurized, but In fact, I felt more pressure than I should have.” explained Eduardo Lorefice, Secretary of Planning and Infrastructure.
Water spews into the air in huge quantities, caused a rainbow Next to the incident, the sun was reflected on the rising water.
The explosion temporarily delayed local government operations, but the city announced that it would gradually normalize services from that day onwards. They also asked the community to: rational use of water in their deposits.
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