What we know about the explosion in a home due to gas accumulation in Tlalpan; 6 injured confirmed

A burst It was registered this Tuesday, April 15, inside a home located at Jesús Lecuona and Francisco I. Madero, Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood, Tlalpan. The Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC) confirmed that it was an explosion due to gas accumulation.

Operational personnel from said capital agency arrived in the area, as well as elements of the capital police, and workers from the Tlalpan mayor’s office to cordon off the place.

A family was injured after this incident; A minor was airlifted to the Xoco hospital.

civil protection of the Tlalpan mayor’s office indicated that it will verify homes surrounding the explosive wave for gas accumulation in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood, third section.

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According to Secretary of Citizen Security (SSC), the incident leaves 6 people injured, including two minors. One of the residents who supported those affected in the perimeter, reported that he helped two elderly adults in a home, who had serious burns and another was crushed.

As a result of the explosion, a 65-year-old woman suffered burns, so the paramedics from the Rescue and Medical Emergency Squadron (ERUM) assessed the severity of the injuries and diagnosed the older adult with second degree burns in 65 percent of his body, so they requested an air ambulance from the SSC.

According to information from the security unit during the flight, the paramedics provided pre-hospital care to the injured woman to keep her stabilized, until her arrival at the heliport of the Xoco General Hospital, located in the Benito Juárez mayor’s office, to continue her ground transfer to the Hospital. Regional Graduate Adolfo López Mateos, from the Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers (ISSSTE).

Meanwhile, at the scene, another ERUM team treated and transferred three women, ages 16, 58, and 66, to different hospitals, for head trauma and polycontaminated; as well as two injured 26-year-old men and one 55-year-old man with hip trauma.

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The SSC reported that at least 5 properties were affected after the explosion of a gas tank in the mayor’s office Tlalpan.

A family was injured after this incident; A minor was airlifted to the Xoco hospital.

The first reports indicated that during the morning of Tuesday, April 16, a gas tank exploded inside a home at the intersection of Francisco I. Madero and Jesus Lecuona streets in the neighborhood. Miguel Hidalgo third section causing the collapse of the home and also causing damage to five more properties.

Neighbors came to the scene, who tried rescue four people who were under the rubble, paramedics transported a minor by land to the parking area of ​​the Six Flags amusement park where a Condor helicopter from the Ministry of Citizen Security was waiting to take him emergency to the Xoco general hospital.

The area was cordoned off by elements of the SSC and the CONALEP Tlalpan II was evacuated due to the presence of the smell of gas.

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civil protection of the Tlalpan mayor’s office check homes surrounding the explosive wave gas accumulation in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood, third section; The Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City will handle the case.

In an interview with the director of Civil protection of the Tlalpan Mayor’s Office, Diego Gallegos, reported that around eight in the morning on Tuesday, April 16, the explosion of a property located on Francisco I. Madero Street #117 was reported.

“The report they initially gave us was for gas accumulation, but it will be the prosecutor’s office who determines the origin of the explosion,” said Diego Gallegos, director of Civil Protection of the Tlalpan mayor’s office.

Personnel from Civil protection of said demarcation and elements of the Heroic Fire Department from Mexico City to rescue 5 people who were trapped among the rubble and in addition to a pet.

Zone four ordered by elements of the Ministry of Citizen Security and guarded by personnel from the capital government; while the Tlalpan mayor’s office began a tour of the nearby properties. “We will evaluate the possible damages in cases surrounding the explosion,” declared director Diego Gallegos.

The public servant added that the investigation of the causes It will be brought by the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City who will determine the reason for the explosion. “We understand that where the explosion property is located, there are already personnel from the prosecutor’s office,” Gallegos concluded.

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