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Pergamino School Science Fair Explosion Leaves 17 Injured, 10-Year-Old Critical

Officials say prosecutors and explosives experts are investigating the volcano demonstration device.

Overview

  • The Buenos Aires provincial education authority confirmed 17 injured and announced support for families, including a reception point to open Monday.
  • The 10-year-old girl was airlifted to Hospital Garrahan in critical condition with severe facial trauma and a metal fragment lodged in her brain, and she remains on a ventilator.
  • A 45-year-old teacher sustained a severe ocular injury and underwent surgery in San Nicolás, and multiple outlets report she lost her left eye.
  • Prosecutor Fernando Pertierra (Fiscalía N°1) ordered technical examinations by the Division of Explosives and Police Forensics, and the school area remains preserved for evidence collection.
  • Videos and witness accounts describe two metal tubes inside the model containing sulfur, charcoal and an oxidizing salt, indicating a black-powder-like mixture that violently detonated when ignited.