Financial aid to the victims of the Crevedia blasts

The authorities will provide financial aid to the victims of the Crevedia explosions and their families

Sorin Iordan, 01.09.2023, 14:00

The victims of the Crevedia blasts and their families will receive
financial aid, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced. 5 people are still
in critical condition in ICU wards, two of them treated in hospitals in Romania
and another three abroad, while another 22 patients are treated in hospitals in
Bucharest, their condition being stable. In total, some 500 thousand EUR will
be paid next week to the victims and their families.

We have earmarked aid for the families of the victims of the tragedy in
Crevedia and to all those whose households were affected by the fire. 2
thousand EUR will be paid every month to caregivers assisting the injured
abroad and 400 EUR per month to caregivers assisting the injured in Romania. We
are also providing assistance to people without family, to those whose houses
were affected by the fire, with amounts ranging from 500 EUR to 2,000 EUR per
family, depending on the damages sustained.

The Romanian Prime Minister also said the government is in permanent
contact with the hospitals in Europe treating patients with serious burns,
adding that the state will cover all transport and related expenses for the
families who accompanied the victims. Marcel Ciolacu said a nation-wide
investigation is underway, targeting filling stations, particularly the 1,300
LPG stations on Romania’s territory. The Romanian official called on the
relevant institutions to enforce the law and take firm action wherever they
report irregularities.

These so-called business owners, who get hundreds of millions of EUR in
profits at the cost of large-scale tragedies, must be ousted from the Romanian
business sector. We have to change the legislation so that any company without
a fire safety permit or operating license can also face criminal charges. In
the current legal framework, they will only pay a fine and carry own with their
business, potentially triggering new tragedies.

Last night, firefighters managed to empty the three gas tanks in
Crevedia, fully securing the site. Meanwhile, another person has died to the
burns sustained in Saturday’s blasts, a man hospitalized at the Floreasca
Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, who had sustained burns on 90% of his body.
Another patient treated in Milan, Italy, is in critical condition. So far,
three people have died following Saturday’s explosions in Crevedia. (VP)