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The municipality of Líbano, Tolima, was declared on alert after the explosion of a dust that leaves as a balance, so far, about 17 people injured and a minor, 16 years old, dead, as confirmed by the National Institute of Health (INS).
“It was horrible, the explosion was heard everywhere,” said a Lebanese, adding that “smoke and a lot of fire came out.”
The events happened around 5 in the afternoon this Thursday in a powder store that it operated in the balance from Lebanon to the municipality of Murillo.
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The Alfonso Jaramillo Salazar Regional Hospital, located in Lebanon, confirmed the identity and location of the patients who were injured after the explosion. This is the list of those of legal age:
In the emergency department of Hospital Alfonso Jaramillo:
Olaya Sierra Jairo David
Guevara Arango Julian Andres
Soler Muñoz Carlos Alberto
Quintero Vanegas Soelma
Soler Cardona Andrea del Pilar
Londoño Arteaga Nubia Yaneth
Zuluaga Soto Luis Alberto
Valencia Sanchez Victor Danilo
Villanueva Aguirre Darlin Luciana (Surgery)
At the Simón Bolívar Hospital in Bogotá:
Potosi Ortegon Carlos Stiven
Castellano Castillo Guillermo Andrés
Martinez Robayo Jhon Janner
Soler Muñoz Jose Manuel
In ICU Lebanon:
Velandia Arcila Luis Eduardo
The manager, Jose Jaime González, reported that the loved ones of the previously listed injured will be able to approach the window of the emergency box to deliver identification documents.
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The Secretary of Health of Tolima, Jorge Bolívar, confirmed that among the injured there are three minors in a situation that is being analyzed at this time.
“Unfortunately we have injured with very delicate burns and others with very serious bruises and blows.“, Bolivar said.
This is the first partial report of the serious situation and new reports are awaited, as the possibility of more injured people is not ruled out.
Afranio Franco, manager of the La Veterana station, says from the place where this event happened that the situation there is one of “total chaos.” He also says that “the explosion was so big that Lebanon was shaken (…) Until now it is impossible to say the name of the minor, but it is already confirmed that he is 13 years old and lost his life in this unfortunate event.”
Franco, who provided the local truck to transport the wounded, assures that “the traditional family in Lebanon, the Solers, have lived off gunpowder. Not long ago they had a mishap similar to this but not with this magnitude.”
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Tragedy in Girón
Authorities also confirmed that the explosion of a gunpowder factory in Girón, Santander, left one person dead.
The first versions indicate that around 6:30 in the afternoon of this Thursday, a great The detonation was registered in the Acapulco village, Girón district.
NATION
With information from BUCARAMANGA and IBAGUÉ
