Women suffered burns in an accident with a gas tank in the south of Quito

"The lady came to get to the house, screaming for help. I was burned her face, her arms. I felt helpless because they can not help her." The story is Ivonne Cisneros, who witnessed the explosion of a gas tank, which occurred in a house next to hers. The emergency was reported shortly before 09:00 on Tuesday December 8, 2015, in a building located in Balzar Zumbagua and streets, in the area of ​​San Bartolo, in the south of the city. Apparently there was a gas leak and the woman turned on the light or the kitchen and there was the explosion. The victim, 35, was taken to the Burn Unit of the Hospital Eugenio Espejo, in the center east of the capital. A neighbor was also injured. He tried to help the woman. It was known that no serious injuries. "My God, fortunately in the house were not the two young children of the woman. Otherwise, it would have been another story," said Maria Flores, a resident who also heard the blast. Carmen Cruz Fire Department requested that trains residents in the neighborhood to meet safety measures when using gas cylinders.