Overview
- Authorities counted more than 20 injuries, mostly minor, with most patients discharged and two remaining hospitalized, including a company executive with a heart attack and a pregnant woman with smoke inhalation.
- About ten industries were affected, with officials citing total losses for several companies as the blast wave shattered windows and prompted evacuations in nearby neighborhoods.
- Over 20 fire brigades and provincial and federal teams maintained a large response, activating code red protocols and working through Saturday to cool remaining hotspots.
- Initial reports point to an explosion in a chemical or agrochemical logistics facility before the fire spread to adjacent warehouses, and investigators are probing the precise cause.
- The Ezeiza–Cañuelas highway was closed for operations and later saw controlled reopening, while local activities shifted locations, including Boca Juniors moving training and River goalkeeper Franco Armani’s home sustaining damage.