Explosion and fire in a home in San Martín: two people are injured

Explosion and fire in San Martín. Photo: capture.

Two people were injured minor injuries this Thursday afternoon when there was a explosion followed by fire in a neighborhood of the Buenos Aires district of San Martin.

The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. Agüer and Reconquista, in Villa Ballesterfrom that sector of the northwest of the Greater Buenos Aires located a few blocks from the Chilavert railway stationand they came to the place two teams of volunteer firefighters.

The accident occurred when a group of workers were carrying out patching tasks on the street and, by mistake, They punctured a gas main pipe with a backhoe machine.

At that moment An explosion occurred, which affected a PH with four homes. There was blowing up of bars and glass, and some damage to the interior of the apartments.

Two injured by the explosion in San Martín

In this context, a man was injured throw yourself onto the sidewalk from the first floor that was hit by the flames, while another neighbor suffered cuts on his hands.

Apparently, The affected pipe was not located at the depth established by the regulations.: 80 centimeters, and it was approximately 40 centimeters away, according to the first expert reports.

“They broke up a whole half of the street, a whole corner, and my whole house blew up. I opened the door and everything was full of rubble. They put a bomb in half the apartment and people were screaming. It was crazy. It was really crazy. , a horror movie,” said one of the neighbors to TN.

The firefighters and police, for their part, other homes were evacuated around the explosion and The flames lasted for more than five hours.

Personnel from Civil defense and the Medical Emergency, Traffic and Citizen Protection Service. In addition, the local municipality’s victim support team was assisting the families.