IRAPUATO, GTO. For two months a pair of explosions: a Pescadería de la Las Heras neighborhood and the most recent a rosticle in Carrizal haciendas, sinister who claimed a person’s life.
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According to him Civil Protection Coordinator (PC), Israel Martínez Negrete, both accidents They were a consequence of the bad conditions in which are the Gas tanks.
Either from a house or business, so far this 2025, They have been treated 84 reports at 9-11 by Gas leak.
The municipal official explained what they do reviews in the stations of carburization, from plant until gaseras; and have asked their coordinators Check the cylindersbut the problem is the exchange of them, when the user asks for one service.
Indicated that they have focused on food and restaurant businesses so that the owners and owners Check the facilities when opening their establishments to discard gas leaksy close the passwordsonce they stop operating.
“…, that the tank that is in good condition, although the gas staff takes it. There are ways to use this foam, soap water, to detect some escape, and if so, they do not receive it, do not receive that tank,” he said.
Martínez Negrete said that the revision implies that the norma, since the picteleo, that is, the Pipas supply any type of gas cylindersince it implies a risk.
In addition to this, he explained that there is a permanent program to Locate pipesfrom a smell of gas, When they collect some tank Failed This, while Firefighters has done cylinder insurance that are channeled to a gas company that supports them.
As for the domestic consumptionthe PC coordinator indicated that prevention measures have been promoted among citizens, since there are several factors that affect the cylinder damage.
“…, They are the first to realize, before some authority, that the gas company is going and the operators lower the tanks, they hit them at the time they are lowered and from there they are already deleting the package of that gas and they themselves can cause until they are damaged; they do not receive them abolled, to check the valves.
The users, most of this type of affectations are that these tanks leave them in courtyards where there has been greater incidence, the puppies lie down, are damaged and the escape begins and that generates any type of incidence; Because people also hit them when they take them to the carburation centers, for the management of the tanks that take them on motorcycles where we also do the corresponding because it is not a way to transfer them ”
He said that in the stations They have extended the recommendation not to supply the citizens who carry Bad condition tankssince from there the responsibility of the enterprise.
Most of the Gas leakage reportsthey are made After supplying, So the intervention of the gas for the cylinder change, while firefighters perform Valuations And he takes care of withdrawing the one who is damaged, if necessary.
Israel Negrete did not rule out sanctions at Empresas Gaseras; what could imply the Suspension of the units. This of not removing the cylinders that are in poor condition, but for now there has also been for pipas by picturele
“Pipas sanctions have already been applied that make the carburation to the 30 (kilos) tanks, the pictel is collected, they are disabled to supply, and we do not have an established place that would continue to be a risk, that unit is assured by the traffic and a pension is taken; but if it is exhorted either to the supervisor or the same manager of the company that is punished for two days, three days, three days. It is striking to your operator and cannot go out those days, it must be within your company, in their own, ”he added.
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