Two people remain hospitalized in Viacha after Friday’s tragedy

Only two people remain hospitalized in Viacha after Friday’s explosions at the Bolívar regiment, according to Marco Martínez, director of environmental and risk management for the local municipal government.

Most of those affected have already been discharged. Martínez said they suffered shallow shrapnel wounds or bruises, rather than severe injuries. He gave the update in an interview with EL DEBER’s A Primera Hora program.

The figure does not include patients transferred to hospitals in El Alto and La Paz, Martínez cautioned, because he had no official information from those facilities. On Sunday, Health Minister Marcela Flores said 34 injured people remained hospitalized across different health centers, including two in serious condition.

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Only two people remain hospitalized.

Two explosions struck the Bolívar regiment in Viacha on Friday afternoon, September 4. More than 80 people were injured and seven died, while rescue teams continued searching the debris for the bodies of people still reported missing.

Martínez said the first blast was relatively mild, followed about 20 minutes later by a more powerful explosion. At the time, many people had gathered near the barracks out of curiosity, he said.

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The first was a mild explosion, then, about 20 minutes later, there was a second, more powerful explosion, when many people were near the barracks out of curiosity.