The tragic event caused the death of the driver, identified as Mario Magalhães da Penha, 67 years old, who was taken to the Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital, in Méier, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, where he underwent emergency surgery due to injuries. Despite efforts, he did not survive and passed away.
The woman who was in front of the car was in shock from the explosion. Her companions helped her, and then took her to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital, in the center of Rio de Janeiro, where the doctors indicated that her health is stable.
The blast destroyed the entire car, as well as part of the roof of the gas station and a bit of the fuel pump cover, but did not damage it.. The first tests indicated that a gas cylinder in the vehicle was in poor condition, specifically rusty, and the explosion was due to a gas leak.
It was necessary to suspend the gas supply to the station and close one of the two lanes of the surrounding road so that cleaning teams could carry out their work. After an hour and a half, circulation was reopened. Later, government inspectors from the gas supply company, as well as from the State Institute of the Environment (INEA) arrived at the scene to carry out the first investigations into what happened.
What is compressed natural gas or CNG?
Compressed natural gas or by its acronym CNG, is natural gas that serves as an alternative to liquid fuels such as gasoline or diesel, it is more economical and friendly to the environment. Its cost is less than gasoline and diesel.
90% of compressed natural gas is methane gas, the rest are minimal proportions of nitrogen and hydrocarbons, which is why it is less polluting than diesel or naphtha and does not require a prolonged refining treatment like these fuels.
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