The explosive wave destroyed several buses of the Integrated Transportation System
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Around three in the morning this Wednesday, a strong explosion was recorded inside the San Bernardino yard, of the SITP Express consortium, in the Metrovivienda sector, town of Bosa.
According to the testimony of a driver, he felt noises when taking the bus out of the workshop, so he decided to abandon it and seconds later the detonation was heard. “We got up and saw smoke behind the school. As we approached, we found pieces of pipe and sewers scattered around the area. Although there was no fire, the explosion was impressive and we know that it was caused by gas,” one of the residents of the area told Blu Radio.
For his part, Colonel Julio César Botero, inspection officer of the Bogotá Metropolitan Police, indicated that the initial hypothesis points to an explosion of one of the bus’s gas pipettes. “Indeed, the bus driver told us that he was taking the bus out of the workshop when he felt a detonation. “We are talking to the fire personnel who handled a cordon,” he added.
Transmilenio indicated that during the incident, an operator and one of the bus cleaning staff received medical attention and suffered minor and non-serious injuries. “Once the incident was reported, all the care protocols were activated together with the Ministry of Health, the Bogotá Fire Department and other competent authorities,” they added.
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Likewise, they indicated that both the managing entity and the concessionaire will initiate the pertinent investigations to establish the causes of the novelty, as well as to collaborate with the same process carried out by the competent authorities.
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