The origin of the fire was suspected and the warning was to be ignored

Those who saw the fire for the first time thought that they would control it very quickly. They tried to stop him. But they couldn’t. overspread. They don’t know how it started or why. Yes they know where. The big fire started in the Carlos Spegazzini industrial park in the town of Ezeiza, at the logistics company Fizbay, the trading name of Logischem. This was admitted by the company sources I contacted Clarion.

“It’s very strange because it’s five minutes before the end of what we call it Security tourTour the entire company to close after a day’s work. The employees were leaving when they discovered the fire. They said that it was a fire, in principle, small. But then I started to move on. Fortunately, the boys escaped. “No one was hurt, or worse, killed,” added the company’s executives, who had spent forty years in the market and twelve years working at Ezeiza.

One hypothesis is that the disaster broke out when out-of-control flames reached containers containing waste Hydrogen peroxide For industrial use. It is a flammable material. There were internal explosions, explosions that followed one another from minor to major until the final huge explosion, seen from the immediate area was similar to a bomb explosion with an instant mushroom of shocking smoke. Hundreds of area residents, and even more who live several kilometers away, entered panic Because of the strong waves that suddenly arrived and smashed the windows of their homes or workplaces. The noise reached neighborhoods up to 15 kilometers away.

From the roofs of Logischem the burning materials flew first to a nearby company. He is Iron Mountain. Everything also exploded in a few minutes. The company is committed to protecting valuable papers from large companies so that they are supposed to be safe from accidents. This is the second fire in the country to burn down the headquarters of that company. The first time occurred in Paracas in 2014 and its size was like this Ten firefighters died They try to turn it off when a wall falls on them.

Winds Friday night moved the flames and lit items into storage tanks. Larocca tiresLarge wheels are kept, just like those used on mining vehicles. And to that company Lake Plastic. Several other companies located in the Ezeiza industrial zone, adjacent to the highway linking that city to Cañuelas, were affected by the floods. Shock waves Of the explosions that blew out the facades, windows, and windshields of trucks and destroyed offices.

Managers of one of the companies operating in that manufacturing area revealed this to Clarin Firefighters warned himFor a long time, if a fire happened in their warehouse, they would not be able to put it out due to the accumulation of flammable materials there. It was an off-the-cuff comment but sources remembered it immediately and have now referred it to Clarín. Nothing was done after that. It was not an official alert.

After the explosion that occurred on Friday, the mayor of Ezeiza, Gastón “Gato” Granados, made the first statements in a state of shock: He lives two kilometers from the industrial area and the explosions shook his house, which suffered fractures.

He was quick to confirm: “They say a small plane went down.”

Yesterday morning, the head of the Granados clan that has ruled Ezeiza since 1995, Alejandro Granados, the “cat’s” father, took his son to the first meeting with the businessmen affected by the disaster.

“We will get financial assistance from Banco Provincia and Banco Nación so they can rebuild their factories in Ezeiza,” he promised.

Clarin learned that Granados Sr. describes what happened as a “miracle”: “There were no deaths and the wounded were out of danger. Now it is a financial problem, and when that is the case there will be a solution“.

Last night, Logischem’s managers lamented what they had lost, and feared that the residents of that industrial area would never forgive them for the fire that started in their warehouse. “A bomb exploded in Ezeiza,” Granados Sr. insisted to his trusted interlocutors.

Does the design of the industrial zone comply with the controls regulating the work of companies that work with flammable materials? Did the affected companies, in turn, have proper municipal control documents?

It is one of many investigations that will begin The prosecutor in the case, Florencia BelloC, which was present in the industrial area on the same night as the big explosion and fires.

She was the one who requested this Expert table He ordered the first procedure: the firefighters were to put out the flames, but try to preserve as much as possible the possible places where the fire started. This was the reason Which vehicle was transporting certain items from the rubble, and why, should have been recorded.

According to judicial sources who know the plot of this recently opened case, Dr. Belloc is now waiting for the expert opinion of firefighters from the Federal Police to prepare various hypotheses about what happened. If a crime is discovered, for which there is currently no evidence, the file will have a political, social and economic impact.

Within 48 hours, justice will have preliminary reports from experts who are experts in arson or negligence.

It will also collect complaints from neighbors who suffered fractures in their homes due to explosions.

They confirmed that “all companies are licensed and have their papers in order.” Clarion Sources from Al-Aziza Municipality.

Mayors of Buenos Aires from the areas surrounding the area of ​​large and explosive explosions accompanied the municipality by providing firefighters and ambulances.

The Government of Buenos Aires led the operation to ensure security through the operation of Regional Minister Javier Alonso. Environmental specialists measured the possibility that the large smoke cloud was toxic. Clarin learned from sources connected to the case that justice is satisfied with these tasks.

Yesterday, there were still small fires burning in the destroyed properties, but the firefighters preferred to let them out on their own before using more water from their fire trucks, perhaps necessary in other emergencies.

The size of the explosions and the large fire convinced the authorities on Friday night that they were facing a tragedy of unknown proportions in the densely populated suburbs of Buenos Aires.

Two days later, a certain calm returned, although justice will determine what happened and why and whether the moment when it seemed a bomb had fallen in Ezeiza could have been prevented.

The fire was so impressive that it went viral and made global news.

Every hypothesis seemed impossible Friday night. The horror of this scenario faded as the hours passed, as did the flames. Although some small lights are still burning in the dear. Small, but still burning.