Santa Anita: strong explosion in factory left three dead, several injured and damage to vehicles and buildings

Explosion at Pepsico factory in Santa Anita leaves material damage. Channel N

Three people died, two were injured and several buildings were damaged, leaving a strong explosion in the Santa Anita district. According to witnesses at the scene, what flew through the air was a wastewater tank belonging to a beverage and food factory located at the intersection of Francisco Bolognesi and Manuel Celedonio de la Torre avenues.

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The detonation caused members of the General Fire Department and agents of the National Police of Peru (PNP) to approach the area to help evacuate the workers of the PepsiCo company who were trapped inside the facilities and free up the large traffic. that has been generated in the area.

The men in red noted that the explosion injured a woman in the face and caused severe bruises on a man. Both people were taken to a nearby health center. In total, three rescue units and two ambulances responded to the scene.

“Personnel from the General Fire Department carried out rescue work after the collapse of a wastewater storage tank that occurred this afternoon in a factory in the Santa Anita district (Lima). Injured people were transferred to a local clinic,” reported the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN).

Three people were injured after the detonation of a water tank belonging to the Pepsico company. (Photo: Andina)

It turned out that the tank that exploded would be used to wash the potatoes that would later be used in bagged snacks. The emergency was reported at 2:25 in the afternoon, but it occurred 19 minutes earlier, according to security cameras installed near the emergency.

“Every day there are foul odors that affect children, pregnant people, etc. They dump wastewater, pollutants. This is negligence,” neighbor Jhon Pariona, who has sued Pepsico for environmental contamination, told La República.

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