The fire registered yesterday in an Aerosols and Chemical factory in the Alamo Industrial neighborhood, in Tlaquepaque, showed again the vulnerability of some areas of the metropolis in front of chemical-technological phenomena. The incident generated a series of minor explosions that alarmed neighbors and caused the evacuation of hundreds of people, In addition to the mobilization of emergency bodies of the three levels of government.
The place of the fire, At the crossing of aqueduct and Paseo de la Cadena, it is located within one of the at least 40 risk zones documented by the Institute of Planning Metropolitan (Image) in its inventory of metropolitan hazards. This record, available in the Metropolitan Information System (sigmeter), is nourished by historical data of five types of phenomena: geological, hydrometeorological, chemical-technological, sanitary-ecological and socio-organizational.
Only one kilometer from the sinister site is a Point identified as risk by hazardous substances, at the crossroads of March 18 and cotton. In addition, on a nearby radius there are about 30 points related to storage of flammable materials, What makes this area a critical point in terms of industrial safety.
The fire in the factory caused the projection of lit materials, which caused a second fire in an adjacent industrial ship. This type of scenarios, specialists warn, can be prevented with adequate territorial planning and the integration of risks in public policies.
Erick Manuel Alvarado, consultant in Civil Protection, stressed the importance of this information is part of state and municipal risk atlas. According to the National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred), Only 15 of the 125 municipalities of Jalisco have an atlas of risks reported before the federal authority, and only five have been updated after 2020.
“The start of new administrations must be a starting point to boost this tool, not only from the technical, but as part of a public policy that involves society,” said Alvarado. He added that community participation is key to building a more preventive, solid and resilient jalisco.
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