Overview

• An explosion around late morning at a private truck facility in central Totoras ignited multiple fuel tanks and sent a dense black plume over the town.
• Provincial officials said work with a grinder sparked the fire in three tanks, prompting rapid evacuations as flames and heat damaged the facades of about five nearby houses.
• Roughly 50 firefighters from Totoras and neighboring towns used foam and a drone with a thermal camera to knock down the fire and cool the remaining hot spots.
• Authorities reported four vehicles burned on the street and implemented containment to keep spilled fuel from entering the sewer system.
• The blaze is under control with cooling operations ongoing, and a local prosecutor ordered police fire experts to investigate the cause while municipal teams assist affected residents.