Overview
- Firefighters from more than 20 units with federal risk teams are containing the blaze, which remains active but controlled as operations continue.
- Health officials report roughly 20–24 injured with mostly non–life-threatening cases, including a pregnant woman treated for intoxication and a man hospitalized after an infarct.
- Authorities urged residents to stay indoors due to the smoke plume; the Ezeiza–Cañuelas highway is closed for emergency work, while airport operations continue normally.
- Multiple facilities were damaged or burned, including plastics and agrochemical sites and an Iron Mountain depot, with shockwave damage to nearby homes and businesses.
- The cause has not been confirmed and remains under investigation, with early hypotheses reviewed and no evidence of an aircraft involved.