At least 15 injured in an explosion, in a cultural center in Girona, due to a chemical experiment

At least 15 people have been injured, including nine children, in an explosion produced this Friday at 7:45 p.m. while the media physicist Dani Jiménez -known for spreading science to the smallest in the Catalan public channel- carried out, before dozens of children, a chemical experiment in a cultural center in Girona.

The Mossos d'Esquadra, Firefighters of the Generalitat and several ambulances of the Emergency Medical System (SEM) have traveled this Friday afternoon to the House of Culture of the Diputación de Girona after a workshop with children produced a explosion in a chemical experiment.

The workshop was part of a conference baptized as the European Research Night, which is being held this Friday in all the Catalan capitals and was organized by the University of Girona at the scene of the incident.

Jiménez energized the activity before dozens of minors.

At one point during the performance, the physicist introduced liquid nitrogen into metal drums while an adult assistant held the drums.

It was then that the deflagration occurred.

Jiménez's assistant has been seriously injured.

Jiménez quickly realized this and asked the organization to call an ambulance

The explosion has been heard throughout the building and those responsible have activated the protocols to evacuate the building.

At least 15 people have been injured, including nine minors who have suffered various cuts.

The mayor of Girona, Marta Madrenas, has approached the scene of the events and has clarified to the media that it was an activity of "magic and science" like those that are usually carried out in the place.

"There were many people inside when the deflagration occurred," she lamented.

The mayor has ruled out that there is a chemical risk and has hoped for a quick recovery of the injured.

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