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A pint of beer from the Ambev factory in Juatuba, in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, exploded on Friday night (25). No employee was injured In the video and audio circulating on social networks it is possible to see a liquid fall immediately after the incident.
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A beer tank explodes at the Ambev factory in Juatuba, the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region. More information at a time. pic.twitter.com/bGv8rM1zlk
– Time (@otempo) September 26, 2020
“We were fleeing here. Thank God there was no victim, less bad. It was just that scare, I came to work. We did the isolation here, but, thank God, there was not much, but it destroyed a lot, I saw it,” said one of the audio staff members.
According to the Fire Department, a call was made to the Military Police around 10:40 pm. The applicant reported that it would have heard a roar similar to an explosion inside the AMBEV factory, on the shores of MG-050, near the Juatuba interchange, and a siren would have sounded in the sequence.
The police requested the support of the firefighters and three teams were deployed. At the scene, a factory official informed the military that a relief valve in one of the tanks had broken. Still according to the corporation, the worker reported that “its non-operation caused the explosion in the upper part of the tank, hitting and damaging two other nearby tanks.”
Also according to firefighters, an opening caused by excess pressure that broke the structure was confirmed. The tanks, according to the military, function as beer storage silos in some of the stages of the process, but which one was not reported.
The employees were removed from the site, only the brigade members remained and there was no risk of fire. “The place of the accident was isolated and the military gathered information from the person in charge of the area and the occupational safety technician. They explained that the carbon dioxide (CO2) injection process is found in the tanks in question and the valve failure would have It caused the accident due to the excess pressure inside the tank. The teams carried out a sweep inside the factory, apparently, only the beer and CO2 leak was found, “reported the Fire Department.
By means of a note, Ambev commented on the incident. See the full release:
“Last night (09/25) we had an incident in a tank in the Cervejaria de Juatuba-MG, which was immediately controlled. There are no injuries and the unit’s production continues normally ”.
Scared residents
Through social networks, residents of Juatuba also spoke about the incident.
One of the AMBEV tanks exploded here in Juatuba, the explosion and shaking were TOO MUCH throughout the city, Scary saw.#Godprotect#AmbevJuatuba
– 💖💖💖Jéeh 💖💖💖 (@Gatagdi) September 26, 2020
Article last updated at 10:03
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