Overview
- Workers from MetroGAS performing a network-renewal job used heavy machinery that damaged a distribution pipe and triggered an immediate gas-fed explosion.
- The blast occurred at the intersection of Beltrán and Iberlucea in the commercial center of Remedios de Escalada, Lanús.
- MetroGAS confirmed that several people were wounded and emergency medical teams are treating casualties at the scene.
- Witnesses described large flames fed by leaking gas and said a neighborhood grocery store was destroyed as firefighters struggled to contain the fire.
- Authorities have not released a final casualty or damage count and an official investigation into operational safety and possible liability is expected.