BREAK NEWS UPDATE – 57 injured in major blasts near Bucharest

The authorities have activated the EU Civil Protection Mechansim

Vlad Palcu, 27.08.2023, 09:13

One person died of a heart attack and another 57 were injured in the wake
of last night’s explosions at a LPG filling station in Crevedia, Dâmbovița County, some 22 kilometers from the capital-city Bucharest, according to the latest update released by the authorities.

Of the total number
of injured, 43 are employees of the Interior Ministry (39 firefighters, 2
police officers and 2 gendarmes). A total of 10 people are in critical
condition. The first patients wounded in the blasts were transferred
during the night to hospitals in Italy and Belgium specializing in the treatment of burn patients, after the authorities activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Meanwhile all road traffic
on DN1A is still at a standstill, while the population in surrounding areas has
been evacuated.

The General Prosecutor’s
Office has taken over the official inquiry, investigating the causes behind the explosions.

We recall that after the first
blast, the fire spread to two tanks and a nearby house, causing a second
explosion, injuring 27 firefighters who were trying to extinguish the fires.