(ANSA) - CREMONA, 05 MAY - Five workers injured, three serious conditions: this is the balance of today's afternoon explosion at the Trade Broker foundry in Casalbuttano, in the province of Cremona.
It all happened just before 3 pm: at that time, according to the first investigations carried out by the Carabinieri inspectors of the ATS Val Padana, a cylinder used to bring the aluminum pressure-casting machinery under pressure exploded.
The explosion also involved some pipes and incandescent oil - together with metal pieces - hit the five who were working in the vicinity of the plant at the time.
The alarm was immediately raised and help arrived: with the fire brigade, the 118 operators and the crews of two helicopter rescue services, which took off from Milan and Parma.
The five injured were transported to hospitals in Milan, Parma and Cremona and, according to reports, the most serious is a 48-year-old from Brescia, hospitalized in the Niguarda burns and reconstructive plastic surgery center.
A 67-year-old from Cremona and a 38-year-old Indian resident in the province are also in serious condition, both taken by air ambulance to the Burn Center of the Parma hospital.
Instead, a 39-year-old and a 38-year-old of Indian nationality residing in the province arrived in the Maggiore hospital in Cremona.
both taken by air ambulance to the burn center of the Parma hospital.
Instead, a 39-year-old and a 38-year-old of Indian nationality residing in the province arrived in the Maggiore hospital in Cremona.
both taken by air ambulance to the burn center of the Parma hospital.
Instead, a 39-year-old and a 38-year-old of Indian nationality residing in the province arrived in the Maggiore hospital in Cremona.
The company, on the orders of the magistrate, was temporarily seized to allow all the investigations into the case.
The mayor, Gian Pietro Garoli, was also on site.
"The company has been in the area for about ten years and melts aluminum to transform it into small objects. There have never been any accidents before today," he said.
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