To avoid an explosion due to a gas leak, watchmen help the family and take balls to the street (VIDEO)

Neighbors of Jr. Villa Azapampa in the district of Chilca, province of Huancayor, they lived moments of terror after gas escaped from the balloon of a kitchen in one of the houses, which started a fire threat endangering the lives of the inhabitants of the place.

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Fortunately, the quick action of the Chilca watchmen avoided a misfortune. The troops entered the property belonging to Hermelinda García, and quelled the threat and then removed three gas cylinders onto the public highway.

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Once outside, they doused the gas cylinders with water and stopped the leak with wet rags. The fire started affected only one shelf near the kitchen and did not cause major damage. Hermelinda García said that the incident occurred when she was preparing food for her family.

What drew attention is that there was enough flammable material in the place that, if it were hit by fire, everything could quickly have caught fire.