According to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior and the National Directorate of Firefighters of Uruguay, Eight people were injured, three of whom were referred to different care centers.
“An elderly couple who lived on the third floor, where the explosion was located, are hospitalized in serious condition for burns that cover between 40% and 80% of their bodies”they specified.
Meanwhile, “a third person was transferred to the emergency services due to carbon monoxide poisoning,” they added.
The National Director of Fire, Ricardo Rianoexplained that the explosion that occurred on the third floor caused a “very important shock wave” that affected “four or five adjoining buildings with broken glass.”
Likewise, he assured that the precise causes of the event will be investigated once the necessary debris has been removed and the security of the place has been guaranteed.
The official warned that in the damaged building there is “structural collapse of part of the balconies and detachment of various material” and remarked that since “the second and third floors” maintain a risk of collapse, work must be done with great caution and wait for investigation that can provide data to determine the origin.
“We had no previous complaints about the smell of gas,” Riaño pointed out regarding statements in local media that assure that there were warnings to the authorities prior to the explosion.
Regarding the causes of the explosion, the official considered that “it is more typical of an explosion in the environment generated by a gas leak, but we will investigate later, first we must secure the area and remove the abundant debris to achieve a thorough investigation.”
For its part, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Director of the SAME (Emergency Medical Care System) of Montevideo confirmed that the two serious victims are older adults and were transferred to the burn hospital given the depth of the wounds.
In addition, he specified that a medical guard is maintained at the accident site so that, if necessary, the people who are working can be assisted, tasks that will continue for at least several hours.
Also working at the site is “a crew of firefighters from the Centenario barracks and the Carrasco barracks, police officers from the tenth section, medical teams and personnel from the administration,” the Uruguayan Ministry of the Interior said in a statement.
Source: Ambito
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