The car was searched 15 days before it exploded, says a family member of the victim



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Burning car image
The car was a white 2019 Jeep Compass model; only the metal casing remains. Credit: Netizen

According to the relative, who asked not to be identified, the Jeep Compass was from the year 2019 and had undergone a review scheduled for October 15. That is, about two weeks before the accident on Avenida Adalberto Simão Nader. The information was transmitted to the reporter Daniela Carla, from TV Gazeta.

Still according to the brother-in-law, the victim was returning from a steel industry located in the municipality of Serra. Ricardo Portugal, a resident of Praia do Canto, in Vitória, had a company specialized in information technology and would have left his body “unrecognizable” due to the fire.

In a press conference held a few hours after the explosion, Captain Pedroni, of the Fire Department, had already ruled out the possibility that the car ran on gas, although he still did not know the cause of the fire. “Who will try to find out why it is our team of experts,” he said.

At night, through a note, the Civil Police reported that they also investigated the scene of the accident and that the report with the conclusion of the investigative work has a period of 30 days to be prepared. The body of the driver was sent to the Vitória Medical Legal Department (DML) for examination.

Car catches fire after accident on Avenida de Vitória

The group responsible for the Jeep brand, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) reported that it is following the case and awaits the results of the technical expertise to express itself on the causes of the accident. “The products are designed within the most rigorous international technical safety standards”, he guarantees in a note.

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