In the place there was a filling station for gas cylinders that exploded, but there were more than 300 on the site, so “we were saved from a worse tragedy,” said the residents of Pozo Siete in Barrancabermeja.
Colombia News.
From Saturday to this Monday, what has been confirmed is that they have already discharged more than 10 people who remained hospitalized, others are still in medical centers, two residents of the area have not yet appeared and two more died the day of the explosion. of gas cylinders and fire in a deprived area of Barrancabermeja, Santander.
In the area there was music playing from a ranch, several people were there conversing, when the noise was heard.
One cylinder after another exploded and the fire started.
Mayor Alfonso Eljach He assured that the preliminary investigation indicates that it would be “a human error in the company”, however, this factory would work irregularly on the site.
This is how Pozo Siete was left.
They arrived at the site to remove the bodies.
Apparently there, they filled cylinder by cylinder, all manually without any verification process of the state of the elements and cylinders.
According to the first reports, because they have not yet been able to remove all the debris, there were at least 300 cylinders in the place, most of them full.
At this time, all the injured patients who were under medical observation in B/bermeja as a result of the explosion recorded in the Pozo 7 sector have been discharged.
For its part, the attention continues in the city of Bga of the three minors referred. pic.twitter.com/S72EMThEOu— District Mayor’s Office of Barrancabermeja (@alcaldiabarranc) October 3, 2022
