Overview
- A tunneling machine working on MetroGAS network-renewal works damaged a distribution gas pipe at Beltrán and Del Valle Iberlucea, producing a large leak that ignited and blew out storefronts and vehicles.
- Emergency crews cut the gas supply overnight and controlled the fire before forensic teams began pericial searches for remains and structural hazards.
- Municipal authorities updated the toll to one dead and 30 injured with seven in serious condition after hospitals triaged and treated victims.
- The UFI N.º 6 criminal investigation has led prosecutors to order the detention or temporary hold of two MetroGAS executives, while ENReGE announced sinistral audits and MetroGAS says it is cooperating.
- Residents have been evacuated from a wide perimeter including a geriatric home and a disability center that moved 96 people, and neighbors held protests demanding immediate housing, reparations and clearer safety protocols as cleanup and damage assessments continue.