Overview
- A week after a fire and explosion at the Carlos Spegazzini industrial park, multiple factories including Plásticos Lago were destroyed with no injuries reported.
- Alejandra Maglietti said her partner, company owner Juan Manuel Lago, had left the plant about ten minutes before the blast.
- Investigators are still conducting pericias, postponing access to the site and delaying reconstruction plans.
- Maglietti relayed a local suspicion that the blaze began at a firm handling agrochemical logistics, a cause not confirmed by authorities.
- She praised Ezeiza firefighters and the mayor for limiting damage and said roughly 120 families depend on the plant as the company covers payroll during the shutdown.