A company that carried out patching tasks in the Buenos Aires town of San Martín It broke a main gas pipe and caused a strong explosion, followed by a fire. The discharge, in addition to material destruction in the neighboring housesended with two people injured, already taken to the hospital.
The explosion took place at the intersection of Aguer and Reconquista streets, in the area known as Villa Ballestaer. Its intensity was such, Most of the neighbors went out to the street to see what was happening and notified the authorities a few minutes later.
In contact with the TN channel, one of the affected front members revealed that everything originated when a private company working at the site accidentally broke a gas master pipe.
The damage caused, in moments, an explosion of important dimensions. “My whole house burst, it was crazy, a horror movie,” the neighbor told the aforementioned media, while reporting that an owner on the block “he jumped from the first floor” and that there were still houses with “dogs and cats inside.”
The Ballester delegation, belonging to San Martín, had reported on Wednesday about patching works for an extension of 700 meters on Aguer Street, between Lafayette and Reconquista, and between Marengo and Artigas.
The work, they explained, was going to be carried out within the so-called patching and repaving plan of the commune, which is why traffic in those blocks was restricted since the morning.
Although the municipality has not yet provided official information about the episode, Infobae assured that the explosion followed by the fire It left two people with minor injuries.
That media reported that one of them was transferred to Thompson Hospital and has already been discharged. The other, after being referred to the OUM, remains hospitalized for observation.
Shocking explosion and fire in Villa Ballester: what the company said
The firm in charge of the tasks on site, Naturgy, issued a statement this Thursday in which it reported that the incident was caused by a backhoe that is unrelated to the company.
“The incident was caused by a backhoe unrelated to our company that led to the breakage of a master pipe, which caused a leak, fire and subsequent explosion,” he indicated in the text.
