shocking fire Registered this Friday burst I couldn’t determine its origin in the park tonight. businessman Carlos Spegazzini, It is located a few meters from the 46.5 kilometer mark of the Ezeiza-Canuelas highway, and is staffed by fire brigade, Buenos Aires police and several ambulances. According to initial reports, it was a warehouse belonging to an agrochemical company. At least 20 injuries have been reported.
shock wave The first major explosion occurred around 9 p.m. provoked break the glass of the house The surrounding area has a radius of 4 kilometers. Then a fire broke out, Smoke cloud that reached more than 20 meters in height.
What he learned during his security and prevention work: clarionauthorities blocked the Spegazzini descent from the Ezeiza-Canuelas highway. They summoned all state police in the area and all fire detachmentsExperts say it was impossible to contain the size of tonight’s fire, so they were trying to cool down nearby buildings.
Apparently, according to police officials, a fire broke out. After an explosion at a factory in the area, As a result, several workers hurriedly left the area, causing the fire to spread out of control.
the neighbors said clarion “After the initial large-scale dry explosion, after 9:30 p.m. the explosions could still be heard but became lighter.” At least firefighters from Ezeiza, Esteban Echeverría and Lomas de Zamora are working.
Several firefighters are working in the area as a precaution. Police blocked traffic on the highway. They will also refer any injuries reported in the area to the Interzonal Hospital in Ezeiza.
Carlos Santoro, Director of Monte Grande Groupassured TN that they had arrived at the two sanatoriums they own in the town of Canning. Approximately 20 people injured: “We have burns and glass injuries in Code Red… One center receives 5 cases and the other 10 cases.. Some of the injuries were not workers, but neighbors who were injured by the glass in their homes. None of these are life-threatening.”.
The fire is believed to have started in a warehouse near the paint factory. “It’s the warehouse next door. Everything went flying, the explosion blew out the doors, windows, and ceiling.and other structures have given way,” said Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, owner of the paint brand Sinteplast.
Gaston Granados, Mayor of Ezeiza“There was a very large explosion at the Spegazzini Industrial Center,” he told reporters. “we He tries to get inside with the firefighters, but there are so many explosions that it’s impossible. What’s there? It happened near an industrial park. “The explosions and fires were severe and occurred in several industries, and although we are working to extinguish the fires, they are still out of control.”
“We have not yet determined where and how the fire started, but there are several factories that the fire reached, one of which was a chemical factory, where problems related to agriculture and fertilizers caused the fire to occur in a warehouse,” he said. That too Some people were injured, but he did not provide details..
A Buenos Aires Ministry of Security official said: clarion Because the site is so large, “all units of the Buenos Aires Police Department, Ecology Division and Salvage Division were called in,” he said.
Residents in the area reported that a toxic, chemical odor could be felt for several kilometers around the fire site. “The sky was dyed red and black.” My neighbor Marcela, who lives 40 blocks away from the outbreak, said in a conversation with . tennessee. Another resident of Adrogue, more than 40 kilometers away, reported smelling toxic smoke in his area.
Santiago Hardy, Director of the Federal Emergency Agencyconfirmed that officials from that national agency had also arrived in the area to “head to work in cooperation with the municipality and state, as it was an emergency given the seriousness of the situation.”
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