A crew member was seriously injured after an explosion inside his barge in Melinka Bayin the Aysén region.
The event occurred on Wednesday night, when the Melinka Harbor Master’s Office received a call from the skipper of the barge Argón VI, informing him that An explosion was recorded on board the Patagonia II barge, registered in Talcahuano..
It all happened when the damaged vessel was anchored in the Lagreze Bay sector, before which the Local Maritime Authority ordered the departure of a rescue unit.
This was reported by the Melinka Port Captain, Littoral First Lieutenant Izidor Felhandler.
After the support of civil media, the The Navy managed to evacuate the person who was injured as a result of the emergency, who played the role of Captain of the ship..
Subsequently, he was transferred to the Melinka Rural Health post with a reserved diagnosis, after sent by aeromedical evacuation to the Coyhaique Regional Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Two other crew members (women) who were on board the barge that provided work to cultivation centers and whose base port and origin were Puerto Montt, were evacuated without incident.. These are unharmed waiting to give statements before the Maritime Prosecutor’s Office of the Maritime Government of Aysén.
Once the emergency was controlled, the Patagonia II vessel was towed to a mooring buoy with the support of the Doña Luisa Barge, where it will remain at a safe distance to be examined by the corresponding entities.
For its part, the Maritime Authority has initiated a Maritime Administrative Summary Investigation in order to determine the causes, circumstances and responsibilities of this maritime incident.
