The loss of life toll from the explosion on the José Cuervo manufacturing unit has risen to 6, the Jalisco Civil Safety and Hearth Division reported on Wednesday, which additionally reported a second hearth on the manufacturing unit that left no accidents.
The company mentioned in an announcement that municipal and state firefighters discovered a sixth sufferer whereas cooling down the realm after Tuesday’s explosion.
He additionally revealed that on Wednesday morning a brand new hearth occurred in a cardboard storage facility that reached a 200-liter container with tequila residue, but it surely has already been managed and there have been no casualties.
The loss of life of six individuals and the accidents of two others, certainly one of them critically, after the explosion of a tank and the next hearth that affected three different containers, has forged a shadow over the celebrations of Worldwide Tequila Day that had been deliberate for this Wednesday.
As well as, it has pressured the authorities to cease vacationer actions within the city of Tequila, the place the drink with a designation of origin is produced.
The Nationwide Chamber of the Tequila Trade cancelled the presentation of a commemorative bottle and the Tequila Regulatory Council did the identical with the tastings and the celebration ceremony that it was to hold out together with the Authorities of the State of Jalisco.
The mayor of the municipality of Tequila, José Alfonso Magallanes, mentioned that the businesses José Cuervo and Sauza, which have their essential headquarters within the city, stopped their manufacturing and that the vacationer and administrative actions of the municipality had been additionally suspended till it’s decided that there isn’t a danger of recent incidents.
Magallanes informed a neighborhood media outlet that, in line with preliminary investigations, the explosion might have been attributable to staff welding one of many stills (a distilling utensil), which was mixed with a build-up of gases.
Nevertheless, he warned that they are going to anticipate the knowledgeable experiences from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences who’re nonetheless working on the website.
“What we all know is that, when welding, maybe the gases precipitated this big tank to maneuver via the air, together with the one who was welding and was connected with a harness,” he mentioned in an interview with a radio station.
He additionally confirmed that the deceased individuals are a part of the businesses that the tequila firm subcontracts to hold out upkeep work, though on Tuesday they had been first recognized as workers of José Cuervo.
In an announcement, José Cuervo mentioned that they evacuated the distillery and its environment to prioritize the protection of staff, guests and neighbors, and that they’re cooperating with the authorities to analyze the causes of the accident.
In complete, 4 containers had been burned and the fireplace was advancing in direction of one other space with containers, however they managed to extinguish it.
Authorities mentioned that individuals who had been evacuated as a precaution might return to their houses and famous that the Federal Electrical energy Fee (CFE) had restored providers within the space and was finishing up restore work on broken infrastructure within the surrounding areas.
The incident occurred at some point earlier than the tequila business commemorates, on July 24, Worldwide Tequila Day, instituted to advertise information of the manufacturing course of and encourage the consumption of this emblematic drink of Mexican tradition.
The severity of the accident virtually pressured the Tequila Regulatory Council, the State Authorities and the Nationwide Chamber of the Tequila Trade to cancel all actions scheduled for Wednesday.
With data from EFE
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