Authorities call on citizens to avoid handling pyrotechnic elements that could cause injuries.
There is worry in the municipalities of Valle del Caucaafter knowing the growing number of burned people for manipulation of gunpowder. According to the health authoritiesthe figure is close to 30 cases.
“TO December 12 accumulate in the Cauca Valley, 29 people burnedof which 11 are minorsthe largest number of cases is concentrated in Bonaventure, Buga, Florida and Tulua“said the head of the Health portfolio in it department, María Cristina Lesmes.
In his opinion, it is unacceptable the number of events that have been recorded in the regionFor this reason, emphasis is placed on the called to the citizenship to avoid any type of manipulation of pyrotechnicswith special care in the minors.
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“We are just beginning the season and they go 29 people burned so the recommendation is still to be attentive and not expose yourself to the burning of gunpowder“Lesmes highlighted.
He reiterated that, “if they decide to do it, let it be in hands of experts and drive away the children. There is no reason or justification for the minors be victims of harmful effects of gunpowder“.
The Valley Health authorities They announced that it is also done follow-up to the possible effects that may originate in the animals with the burning of gunpowder.
“We also have a significant number of affected animals and we have had a link for him report of them,” he highlighted.
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He link where the citizens can make their reports is available in the Web page of the Governorate of Valle del Cauca.
This is how gunpowder injuries have occurred in the Valley
According to him bulletin delivered by him Government of the Departmentmost of the cases have been presented in Bonaventure that owns six reportsof which four correspond to adults and two to minors.
In Buga are also counted six cases, five of them of legal age and one in minors. Locations like Tulua possess four casesof them two in minors. While in Florida exists report of three events.
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In Jamundi have been accounted for two cases of injured people for the manipulation of gunpowder. Other events have occurred at points such as Caicedon, The Cerrito, Carthage and Roller where a under-age has been burned by the use of pyrotechnic elements.
In Saint Peter, Yumbo and Yotoco one also has record of one injured person for the burning of gunpowder.
Source: Integrated Information System
