An explosion and fire was recorded this Monday in the Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui state. The Venezuelan authorities have not yet reported on the causes of the accident.
According to the Venezuelan authorities, the impact of lightning caused the explosion and the fire. So far it is unknown if there were injuries or deaths.
Photos and videos were spread on social networks showing the magnitude of the disaster.
After the fire, hundreds of people evacuated themselves from the areas surrounding the emergency.
An industrial brigade PDVSA With support the support of firefighters fight the fire, using foam to confine and thus prevent spread.
Another similar event occurred on Saturday also in Anzoátegui state when Venezuelan officials “totally” put out a fire that broke out on a dock of the state oil company PDVSA.
In a message on his Twitter account, the Oil Minister, Tarek El Aissami, He explained that the combustion at the Guaraguao dock occurred because “a gasoline loading arm broke, spilling fuel on the deck of the ship and on the dock, which caused a fire in that area.”
He explained that “the fire has already been completely extinguished” and that “in a few hours” operations will be resumed at this dock.
The information was supplemented by the Vice Minister for Risk Management and Civil Protection, Carlos Perez Ampuedawho ruled out the possibility of the incident spreading and assured that no people injured by it have been reported.
Ampueda indicated that the PDVSA special fire brigade participated in the extinction work, with the support of the fire brigade and fire brigades of the Petromonagas company.
He added that the event was “100% controlled” and that “the causes of the event are being investigated.”
On August 15, there was a fire in a sanitary warehouse in Caracas that stored equipment for dialysis treatment.
After the investigation, the Venezuelan authorities determined that the fire “was caused” and identified the citizens Layla Janeth Miranda Vasquez and Jorge Ernesto Cambero Rangelwho guarded the destroyed medical supplies and supplies, as the alleged perpetrators.
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