Around 12:45 p.m. this Friday, August 5, it was recorded an explosion at the Tecnos industry cartridge factory in Cuernavaca.
So far it is known that there injured workers, who were transferred to different hospitals. In addition, all the personnel of this factory, which is located in the town of Ahuatepec, in the Morelos capital, were evacuated.
Witnesses and neighbors around this factory report that at the time of the explosion everything shook.
A few minutes ago an explosion was reported inside Industrias Tecnos, better known as Cartridges, in Ahuatepec. We are assisting those affected and their families; The necessary emergency forces have been deployed to deal with this situation.
– Cuauhtemoc Blanco (@cuauhtemocb10) August 5, 2022
Cuauhtemoc Blancogovernor of the state, reported on social networks that the necessary emergency bodies are being deployed to deal with the situation.
Personal of Civil protection of the state, as well as elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) and the State Security Commission were deployed in the area to cordon off the place and prevent the passage of onlookers and relatives of the injured, who arrive at the site to request information.
So far, the state authorities do not know if the accident was derived from a human error or a malfunction in the machines.
Personnel from the Directorate for Attention to Emergencies and Disasters went to the area and, after carrying out the corresponding action protocols, confirmed that the burst was recorded on line 22 of assembly and mixing of explosive cartridges.
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