In the early hours of this Wednesday, June 26, an emergency was reported in the yard of the SITP San Bernardino of the express consortium, located in the town of Bosa, Bogotá. According to preliminary information, around 3 am the gas cylinders of one of the SITP vehicles exploded.
This would have occurred when several drivers arrived at this yard at dawn to start their work day. One of them took the bus out of the washing area, manipulated one of the cylinders and, upon hearing a noise, abandoned the vehicle. Then the explosion occurred.
The driver, who was evaluated by medical personnel, managed to emerge from the emergency unharmed. On the other hand, the shock wave affected around 7 more buses and surrounding areas.
According to the authorities, the main hypothesis includes the explosion of a gas pipette – apparently from the bus mainly affected. A mechanical failure would have caused the detonation.
Firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the flames and control the emergency.. Likewise, fire experts analyzed the scene to clarify the causes of the explosion and rule out interference by criminal hands.
