Six people injured after gas leak explosion in Santiago

A burst registered this Thursday left six people wounds and the collapse of a home, in an event that occurred on Vuelta Larga Street in the Los Salados sector, Santiago province.

Among the injured there are two minors of age, identified as Ashly Cruz, 8 years old, and Méndez Set, 4 years old, the latter of nationality Haitian.

They also turned out wounds he Dominican Misael Antonio Cruz and the haitians Silvana Senti, Franklin Gustavo and Sainvilien Olcena.

Escape from gas

According to preliminary data from the technical department of the Fire brigade of Santiago, the explosion occurred due to a exhaust of gas propane from a storage cylinder, in the house in which the foreigners reside haitians.

“The origin of the burst went inside the kitchen area of the house where a stove was installed, due to a drain of gas in large volume, after having left one of its burners open, which was reached by a competent ignition source,” explains the statement from the relief agency.

The injured were assisted by paramedics of the National Emergency and Security Assistance System (911) and transferred to different centers hospitable.

In addition to the firefighters and the professionals of the healthmembers of the Civil Defense and the National Police appeared at the scene.