A house where supposedly A rocketry was working, it exploded on the morning of this Saturday, July 25. in Sumpango, Sacatepéquez, reported the Departmental Municipal Firefighters and the Volunteer Firefighters.
The incident occurred in the town El Panorama, zone 6 of Sumpangoon the side of the Inter-American Highway, at kilometer 42.8, where rescuers went after several neighbors reported a loud noise.
The firefighters reported that the property, where, according to neighbors, material was stored to make fireworks, It was destroyed by the explosion.
“At the time of the explosion a loud roar was heard, Several objects and strong smoke were ejected, which alarmed the entire municipality,” reported the Volunteer Firefighters.
That relief corps reported that four injured people were rescued from the building, including two minors.
The victims They were transferred to the National Hospital of Chimaltenango with burns of varying degrees.