[News] Attention: explosion in Santander oil well leaves five injured

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Five workers were injured this Saturday, April 22, in an explosion registered at Pozo Tesoro 29, located in the Lizama sector, municipality of San Vicente de Chucurí.

Ecopetrol confirmed the number of injuries and ruled out, for the moment, that there are fatalities through a short statement in which it also explained that it activated a contingency plan to attend to the emergency.

The explosion caused a fire, according to images shared on social networks.

The wounded were transferred to assistance centers in Barrancabermeja. For their part, "the production and refinery firefighting teams went to the site and controlled the situation," said Ecopetrol.

The oil company also indicated that the equipment that was affected in the emergency is operated by the company Serinco Drilling.

"The causes of the event are under investigation," added Ecopetrol.

The emergency caused moments of anguish. A worker at the oil well said desperately: "Inform the fire brigade, we almost left, we almost burned, send the fire brigade, people are burned, the well is bursting."

This contingency recalls the tragic situation that occurred in the municipality of Barrancabermeja, Santander, when on the night of October 1, 2022, 14 propane gas cylinders that were stored in a warehouse known as Fedegas exploded. At the time, the local authorities declared a public calamity in order to provide the necessary aid to the affected community.

In the warehouse, according to the authorities, about 500 propane gas cylinders were stored, of which 14 exploded and in turn caused a large fire. The explosive wave affected more than 83 homes and left two people dead and 29 people injured.

 

 

In view of this emergency, through Decree 278, Mayor Alfonso Eljach declared a situation of public calamity for a period of six months, in which it was intended to "attend to each and every one of the administrative and contractual actions necessary for the fire presented in the Villa Plata neighborhood, commune seven.

Likewise, this declaration made it possible to submit a request for support to the departmental and national government in search of benefits for the 83 Barranqueña families that were affected.

 

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