Antwerp –
In the court of first instance of Antwerp, on Tuesday, the case has brought about a devastating explosion at its Antwerp, Paardenmarkt (horse market), of which two people were killed. It was with all of the parties to the case on the 5th and 12th of may, 2021 to to to treat.
the explosion, on January 15, 2018, three of the houses on the Market were completely destroyed. The two men from 26 to 39 years old showed that night, the life, of the 27 occupants were killed or wounded and the material damage was enormous.
at The appointed branddeskundige decided that it was a gas explosion went off on the first floor of the building at number 101. It was here that the gas is able to accumulate, after it is in the basement of an old gas meter was turned on and the gas through an old gas pipe had to be moved. The gas explosion was probably caused by the lighting of a cigarette or a candle.
Meter.
A 51-year-old man from Sint-Niklaas, hired the Horse to the 101 and had a studio on the first floor and the second floor is a further way. A few months prior to the explosion was a gas leak occurred. According to the office of the public prosecutor, the tenant is aware of this, but there is not enough action to it. For a reliable and professional repairs to the gas pipe, according to the public prosecutor’s office, the tragedy could have prevented.
The man in his fifties, says that the maintenance and servicing of the meter does not have the responsibility, but that of the owner of the company. He stated that the other people in the system and the meter had been tampered with, which makes the gas had been released.
finally, The court pointed to the man in February in the district court for the accidental killing, unintentional, assault and battery, and unintentional arson. A few dozen people have put themselves in a civil claim.
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