Tasajera explosion

[4] On 6 July 2020, a tanker truck driven by trucker Manuel Cataño Hernández was transporting gasoline to Barranquilla along the Caribbean highway.

[8][9] In an amateur video recorded by a cell phone, the exact moment of the explosion was captured, but a potential ignition source was not visible.

[13] The governor of Magdalena, Carlos Caicedo, visited the relatives of several of the victims who were hospitalized at the same time that he asked the authorities for speed to clarify the causes of the accident.

[14] Several celebrities such as Melissa Martínez Artuz,[15] Jorge Cárdenas, Dayana Jaimes, Senator Gustavo Bolívar and Gabriela Tafur, made comments on their social networks about the tragedy.

[16][17] The Texas Shriners Hospital in the United States, donated 35,000 square centimeters of skin grafts to start treatment for patients who were burned in the fire.

[18] On 6 August 2020, a month after the tragedy, hundreds of relatives and friends of the victims organized a tribute and inaugurated a mural at the place where the explosion occurred with photos and names of the deceased to remember them.