A person has died this Thursday because of an explosion in a pyrotechnic company in Redován (Alicante), event that happened shortly after 9:30 am without other injured, according to the Provincial Firefighters Consortium. The accident occurred in a booth of transformation of pyrotechnic articles of the well -known Pyrotechnic Ferrández, where there has been a strong explosion that has been heard in the surroundings and has triggered a fire.
The place has been directed eight endowments of the firefighters of the Parks of Almoradí and Orihuela, the Civil Guard and the Health Services, as well as the Alfa 9 health helicopter, although finally it has not been necessary, since the victim has died in the act and there has been no more personal damage. The fire has already been stabilized, according to the provincial consortium. The deceased is a 58 -year -old company worker, who was working on one of the booths that are part of the pyrotechnics facilities. For reasons that have not yet been established, there has been a deflagration that has destroyed the booth and the employee has been fired. Pyrotechnic companies often have waterproof work spaces, isolated from the rest of compartments, for safety reasons. In this case, after the intervention of firefighters, the fire has not extended to the rest of the property.
This is the second explosion registered in Pyrotechnic Companies of Alicante in a year. In the Alicante district of Fontcalent. In the accident, the company’s owner died, Pedro Luis Sirvent, 69, and four people were injured, one of them very serious.
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