Overview
- The victim, identified as Roberto Emilio Allende, died at Hospital Lagomaggiore early Thursday after suffering extensive burns from the Wednesday night fire.
- The explosion and blaze were reported around 8:05 p.m. at a residence on Calle Las Amapolas 14 in the Barrio Santa Rita neighborhood of Guaymallén.
- Two police officers, Jorge Omar Arias and Isaías Samuel Navarro, pulled Allende from the smoke-filled home, and both were treated for carbon monoxide exposure, with Arias later taken to Hospital Santa Isabel de Hungría.
- Initial accounts from neighbors and the victim’s partner say the blast occurred as a vehicle inside the garage was being started or repaired, but the official cause remains under review.
- The fire caused major losses, with two vehicles, a garage, and a room reported destroyed, while emergency crews and four fire units contained the incident.