The explosion of a gasoline cylinder that was situated in a storage prompted, within the early hours of this Monday, injury to 11 properties, within the parish of Turiz, municipality of Vila Verde, district of Braga, based on Municipal Civil Safety.
Chatting with the Lusa company, the municipal coordinator of Vila Verde Civil Safety defined that “there are suspicions that the explosion, which occurred at round 2 am, was attributable to a gasoline cylinder that was within the storage of the home that was most affected”.
João Costa mentioned that this home, the place two {couples} lived, “had structural injury, together with to the storage, and was uninhabitable“, including that the residents can be relocated to household properties.
Two automobiles, each belonging to the home the place the explosion occurred, have been “fully destroyed, considered one of which continues to be beneath the rubble”, mentioned the official.
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Two different properties suffered appreciable injury to their home windows and doorways, which is why the residents additionally went to spend the evening with relations.
The remaining properties suffered much less vital injury, indicated the municipal coordinator of Vila Verde Civil Safety.
The highway that crosses the city has already been reopened to automobile visitors.
Vila Verde Volunteer Firefighters, GNR troopers and the Municipal Civil Safety Service have been current on the scene.