Overview
- Firefighting and hazardous‑materials teams are still working on remaining fire fronts and enforcing toxic‑smoke precautions in nearby districts.
- Authorities counted about 20–24 people treated, including a pregnant woman hospitalized for inhalation and a man stabilized after a heart attack, with most cases described as non‑life‑threatening.
- More than 20 firefighting units, provincial emergency services and federal special‑risk brigades responded, with a regional hospital code‑red plan activated.
- The blast damaged multiple facilities in the open Polígono Spegazzini, with officials and reports citing impacts to plastics, chemical and storage sites including Iron Mountain, Larroca Minera, Aditivos Alimentarios and Almacén de Frío, as crews worked to shield Flamia’s inflammables.
- The cause remains under investigation after officials pointed to an initial focus in a chemical/agrochemical plant and dismissed early rumors of an aircraft crash; investigators are examining industrial failure scenarios.