2023-08-31 03:33:45
The National Police investigate the causes explosions and a fire in a vehicle on Robles street between 9 de Octubre and Ulpiano Páez, in the La Mariscal sector, in the north of Quito.
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Videos that circulated on social networks showed the scare and the alarm that this fact caused the inhabitants of that sector of the capital.
The members of the Metropolitan District Fire Brigade They reported that their staff attended a vehicle fire and that the flames were immediately controlled. They also announced that there are no affected people. While the National Police did not issue further information.
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In an official ECU-911 chat, a small file was sent indicating that the emergency was handled like a car scourge. But it did not take long for other hypotheses to appear that have not been ruled out or confirmed by the authorities.
UPDATE ||
Faced with an alert on Av. Amazonas and Robles, in #UIOwith a vehicle parked without occupants, it is preliminarily reported that it would be a fire.
Immediately our police units were deployed to collect further evidence.
There is damage… pic.twitter.com/5fAmLeXVqu
– Ecuador Police (@PoliciaEcuador) August 31, 2023
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While the citizens who are heard in the videos on social networks suspect that it was a car bomb, the Police presumes that there was a gas cylinder in the affected vehicle. At least three explosions would have been heard. “Apparently, due to the radiation, a motorcycle that is relatively close to the vehicle was also affected,” was the justification.
Fire technicians indicate that the radiation is a term that is also applied in this situation, considering that it is a mechanism of fire propagation (heat waves).
From the Municipal Security Secretary They assure that the incident is currently under investigation by the specialized units of the National Police. On the site is the Explosives Team of the Intervention and Rescue Group (GIR)who must determine the circumstances of the explosion, and whether or not there was a detonator.
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