One dead and one injured after a landslide and explosion in the Villa Devoto neighborhood in Buenos Aires

( Spanish) — In Argentina, the explosion and collapse of a house this Saturday at noon in Buenos Aires left one person dead, according to reports by the state agency Télam. In addition, an operator from the Metrogas energy company was injured with severe burns, according to the city police.

The employees of the energy company were working in a residence in the Villa Devoto neighborhood due to a gas leak when the house collapsed and a fire occurred whose flames reached two vehicles in the area and a company van. The Police indicated that firefighters and SAME (Emergency Medical Care System) personnel worked there and that the fires have already been controlled.

Firefighters working on the explosion in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires.

For their part, also according to police information, Metrogas personnel indicated that “before the arrival of the crew they received a call from residents of the place due to a strong smell of gas in the area and that, when the Metrogas operator arrived, he opened the lid of the meter that was in the place and at that moment the explosion occurred, the operator was transferred to the Zubizarreta hospital with a diagnosis of burns on his arms and face.

The Police of the Argentine capital communicated that the architect of the City Aid Guard evaluated the structure, indicating that in the part of the residence that faces Quevedo street there is an eaves with a risk of collapse and that they are working to solve this problem. situation.