“I thought the house was going to fall on us.”

singer Paz Martinez He described the moment of despair he experienced this Friday night after the explosion at the Ezeiza Industrial Park. The singer said he was at home in Tristan Suarez’s private club El Ombu when he felt an explosion that left him paralyzed.

“We were quietly watching TV, and suddenly we felt a terrible explosion… I’ve never felt like this in my life. It was amazing,” he recalled. “We have big and expensive houses, so we thought the house was falling on us” he said in a conversation with TN.

Martinez explained that she was startled by the noise and immediately ran out onto the street with her neighbors. “I could see white clouds starting to rise in the background,” he explained. According to estimates, it is located “one and a half to two kilometers” from the explosion site.

The musician said there was smoke and dust in the air so he decided to go back to his house, close all the windows and stay there. ”many neighbors had their windows broken. There are glass partitions and in some places the walls have collapsed. It was somehow Dantesque and impressive.”.

His son, who lives in Canning, also reported feeling the impact, saying: “My son was having a barbecue and it felt like the house had been hit. Imagine what the shock wave was like…”

Martinez noted that the neighborhood was partially occupied at the time of the explosion. “Twenty-five to 30 percent of the homes are occupied, and most are weekend homes. But we live here.”

It all happened just after 9 p.m. A shocking fire broke out in the Carlos Spegazzini Industrial Park after a series of explosions, the cause of which has not yet been determined. The fire, which reached more than 20 meters in height, spread uncontrollably throughout the night, forcing the intervention of numerous firefighters, Buenos Aires police and emergency services. More than 20 people were injured.

According to a report by the Buenos Aires governmentEight people were taken to state hospitals.. Health Minister Aksel Kisilov detailed that seven of them suffered bruises, cuts and minor cuts and showed symptoms of smoke inhalation, and one injured person had an exposed fracture in one arm. Nicholas Kleplak.

Additionally, the private clinic sector stated: 20 nearby residents need medical assistance. The injured were taken to Interzonal Hospital in Ezeiza and Health Center in Canning. Carlos Santoro, director of the Monte Grande Clinic, confirmed to the State of Tennessee that the victims arrived with burns and cuts from broken glass. “We are under a state of emergency. Some of the injured are neighbors who were injured in their homes. No one is in life-threatening danger.”

Buenos Aires provincial civil defense chief Fabian García acknowledged that the massive fire would “continue throughout the night” and warned that the situation remained critical due to the large amount of combustible material inside the various ships affected.

He noted that the initial explosion occurred at a “chemical logistics company” and the fire then spread to other facilities on the site.

Garcia reported that about 40 firefighters were on the scene, as well as two helicopters from the state. “It’s not a simple fire. The entire area of ​​about 300 meters is on fire. It will take many hours,” he explained.