In the meantime, residents of the Flores neighborhood after the calamity that has occurred in the company since early Wednesday morning Bravo Petroleumlocated in the Via 40 with calle 85, in the north of Barranquilla.
In accordance with Merly Arevalo, Near the sector, the smoke has begun to affect children and the elderly, so they have been forced to evacuate them to relatives living in other parts of the city.
They also stated that they heard a loud noise around 04:20 in the morning, but they believed it to be the movements of the neighboring companies’ tanks.
“I felt the explosion and got scared, but I stayed in bed. When the lake cleared up, at about 5:30 in the morning, I went to the terrace to talk to my sister who lives next door and we saw the black sky, the smell of smoke was very strong and it was quite thick,” said the woman who lives in carrera 79 with calle 106.
Fear is growing in this industry because the company is planning monomers It is adjacent to the homes of the aforementioned address.
“I am very scared because we have a time bomb next to us, here is pure acid and that generates more fear for us. We have evacuated our children and the elderly for safety, but no one has come to inform us about what is really going on,” the citizen emphasized.
Some companies located at the same point have ordered the evacuation of their employees as a precaution, heavy vehicles remain parked on the side of the road.
Source: El heraldo
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