The Petroshani National Research Institute for Mining Safety and Explosion Protection (INSEMEX) has completed part of the examination in the case of the explosions at the liquefied gas station in Krevedia, which killed six people and injured more than 50 others.

According to Digi 24 and Antena 3, a preliminary report shows that a cloud of gas has formed over the gas station in Crevedia at a perimeter of approximately 40 meters.

So far, it has not been possible to determine exactly what was the source of the flame. As a result, the source can be electrical, thermal, mechanical, open flame or electrostatic, according to experts.

It will be recalled that in August, destructive explosions occurred at the gas station in Krevedia, as a result of which six people died and more than 50 were injured.

The owners of the Crevedia liquefied gas station, Daniel Ionuc Doldurea – the son of the mayor of Caracal – and Cosmin Ionuc Stianga are under house arrest.

The explosions in Krevedia revealed a number of violations. The gas station, which belonged to the son of the PSD mayor Caracal, was closed only for documentation purposes. Under the noses of the authorities, operations were taking place that could turn into a tragedy at any moment.

The liquefied gas station is owned by the company FLAGAS SRL, which in the last 5 years has concluded contracts worth more than 1.6 million lei through direct procurement with town halls of communes, led mainly by PSD mayors. Among them are the town halls of Moara Vlasi, Bolintin-Vale and Chervenii (Teleorman).

The company is owned by Ionuts Daniel Doldurea, the son of Caracal PSD mayor Ion Doldurea, who was fined several times by the Emergency Situations Inspectorate for several violations related to non-compliance with fire safety measures, and on September 30, 2020, he informed the authorities that he was closing the workplace.

According to Attorney General Alex Florenta, the company, which has 25 operating locations across the country, was supposed to function only as a staging area for tankers after it closed in the fall of 2020, but transshipments of LPG from tankers occurred regularly, according to Attorney General Alex Florenta. there, although he no longer had any permission.

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The gas station in Krevedia has been fined several times by the Emergency Inspectorate and has been closed since September 2020, but despite this it has continued to operate, and the investigation by the prosecutor’s office also aims to establish the role of the institutions that should have carried out inspections and ensured that the LPG depot does not continue to operate.

Another criminal proceeding has been opened by the Military Prosecutor’s Office and concerns the actions of firefighters at a liquefied gas warehouse, where two explosions followed by a fire.

• FILM A film about the tragedy of Krevedia. At the time of the explosions, there were three tanks loaded with liquefied gas

• VIDEO Film about intervention in explosions in Krevedia. Raed Arafat: The first call was at 18.48, the first firefighters arrived at 19.06. At least one of the hydrants had no pressure

Also, the National Anti-corruption Administration announced that it opened two criminal cases regarding the alleged crimes of abuse of office by public servants in connection with the authorization of a gas station in the city of Krevedia.