Things are heating up in Argentina?: Another explosion at a chemical plant in Cordoba

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Neighbors said that a toxic cloud rose after the explosion.

A big explosion was reported Thursday night at a chemical factory in the Argentinian region of Cordoba on Thursday night. Preliminary reports say there are at least 46 injured people, according to local media.

The local Fire Department said the explosion was caused by a fire in the building of the Chemicals Rigoni company. They also said that the fire began around 8:00 p.m. local time and that the explosion happened about 50 minutes later, affecting houses and cars in a radius of various kilometers.

​"Many people were slightly injured," said Francisco Fortuna, Health Minister of Cordoba.

Fortuna added that most of the people were attended and then released, but that three of them were badly injured and were still in hospital.

According to the Argentine agency Telam, neighbors said that the factory produces chlorine products, and that a toxic gas cloud could be seen immediately after the explosion.

Local authorities said that they did not know the cause of the fire and the explosion, and promised aid for the affected families.

Comment: Things are not looking good for Argentina. There was a gas explosion at an electricity plant in Cordoba last August, U.S. vulture funds are circling over the country, casting their evil eye on its resources, massive floods in Buenos Aires as we speak and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been hospitalized due to complications of an intestinal infection, weeks after her impressive and excellent speech at the UN, where she discussed ISIS and the American vulture funds aka economic terrorists that are destroying Argentina.

On the bright side: Argentina is a strategic partner of Russia and they have RT Spanish now!