It was confirmed that the shockwave affected several factories, including a tire factory, a plastics factory ('Plásticos Lagos'), and, alarmingly, a warehouse of the company Iron Mountain. Granados detailed to A24 that the firm, protagonist of the intentional fire in Barracas in 2014, had moved 'a short time ago' a document storage warehouse to the industrial park. Panic, 'toxic cloud' and evacuees. The chaos of the disaster was recorded in multiple videos. Due to the 'toxic cloud' from the burning of agrochemicals, plastics, and diesel fuel, the municipalities of Ezeiza, Cañuelas, La Matanza, Esteban Echeverría, and San Vicente issued alerts asking residents not to go out, to close doors and windows, and to wear masks. Sanitary Operation: The Province deployed 27 ambulances (12 provincial and 15 municipal) and activated a hospital network to refer the seriously injured to the Eurnekian (Ezeiza), Bicentenario (Echeverría), and Balestrini (La Matanza) hospitals. Closures: The Ezeiza-Cañuelas Highway remains closed. Airport: The Ezeiza International Airport is operating normally. According to images accessed by Noticias Argentinas, the scene reveals a 'war zone', with the metal structures of the warehouses completely collapsed and twisted, while the fire continues to rage among the rubble. Explosion in Ezeiza: catastrophe in Industrial Park leaves at least 20 injured, a person with a heart attack, and a pregnant woman intoxicated. According to what Noticias Argentinas learned, the fire originated in an agrochemical plant and left a toll of at least 20 injured. 'We cannot control it': Alert over Iron Mountain. The mayor of Ezeiza, Gastón Granados, described the fire as 'uncontrollable' and 'very confusing'. Buenos Aires, November 15, 2025 (NA) -- A video recorded from a car inside the Spegazzini Industrial Park, in Ezeiza, shows the total devastation caused by the series of explosions and fires that occurred this Friday night. Another video captured workers fleeing shouting: 'Run, dude, run!'. The Buenos Aires Ministry of Health confirmed 8 injured at the Eurnekian Hospital, one with an open fracture. A worker at the neighboring 'Flamia' factory filmed the destruction from inside, shouting: 'The factory next door just exploded... Flamia is destroyed'. The director of the Monte Grande Clinic, Carlos Santoro, confirmed the admission of two serious patients: 'We received a person with a heart attack, an executive from a company... [and] a pregnant woman intoxicated... she is in intensive care'. Stay indoors!
