In San Martin a machine broke a gas master pipe and a massive explosion occurred: two injured

strong burst This happened this afternoon at a party in Buenos Aires san martinwhere a machine that was being used for pavement work the gas master pipe broke and a fire broke out in the area. There is Two sustained minor injuries and were shifted.

The incident happened at the intersection about 1:02 p.m. Aguirre and the Reconquistafrom the city of Villa Ballester. As confirmed by the municipality infobaeAn emergency was alerted about the incident and as a result, staff at the company’s emergency care center were notified. Natural Science Which is already working on site to resolve the incident.

In this sense, he explained that the cause of this phenomenon was the depth at which the damaged tube was located: It was 40 centimetres away while the standard is 80 centimetres. The process now involves digging wells and hanging pipes to stop the gas flowing out. “You can’t lock the master key because it’s dangerous”He warned the municipality.

The gas distributor gave this medium details about what happened and what work is being done in the area to fix the incident: “A backhoe machine from a company outsourced by the municipality broke a pipe in the gas network and caused an accident.” Leak, fire and subsequent explosion“They said.

And he added: “To fix this leak you will need to disconnect the four corner valves. This is what is being done now. All our workers are working round the clock to fix it as soon as possible. The pipes have started being pressed, but it takes time as it is a complicated job.”

As a result there was an explosion and fire Two people injured with Minor injuries Sources have confirmed that the matter is being looked into. One of them was taken to Thompson Hospital for superficial injuries and was released shortly after. The other received care at UOM and although she is out of danger, she will remain under observation, the municipality said.

In addition, Civil Defense, Emergency Medical Services, Traffic and Civil Protection are intervening in the area.

A team of local firefighters are also working at the scene to jointly assist in controlling the fire while trying to determine the origin of the blaze.

from the municipality he told infobae The Victim Prevention Team was also deployed at the above intersection, which is Serving families Who are still waiting on the street for the lights to be switched off after leaving their homes due to loud noise. The fire damaged the exterior of the homes, but also affected the interior of one of them.

“Gas is supplied through four pipes in the corner of the incident site, which are being accessed through digging and relevant service cuts are being made. The gas leakage is maintained and fully controlled as a safety measure,” Naturaji said after the incident.

In conversation with TN, An impressed neighbor showed him Anger what happened and described what the moment was like when the explosion occurred, causing damage to their home: “They broke the whole half of the road, the whole corner and today my whole house is broken. I opened the door and everything was full of rubble. They put a Bomb in the middle of the apartment and everybody was screaming. It was crazy. It was really crazy, a horror movie to watch there,” the man said.

Another woman affected by the incident also said C5N How she experienced it and was worried about not having news of her pet’s whereabouts:”the windows were blown out. We lost everything. We are four departments that lost everything. We are four departments. “We don’t know anything about our animals, a dog went missing.”