EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Shocking video shows the moment before two Sun Metro workers were killed after an explosion occurred at the East El Paso transit center earlier this year.
KTSM 9 News obtained surveillance video from inside the Sun Metro facility explosion that happened on February 11.
In the video on the right-hand side, you see a Sun Metro bus fall on its side from a hydraulic lift, then explode. Debris from the bus and the facility are seen falling in the aftermath of the explosion.
From another angle inside the facility, multiple people seen running away from the explosion. Large plumes of black smoke and flames are seen intensifying throughout the warehouse.
As KTSM previously reported, the fire was caused by a gas cylinder that was punctured after a bus had fallen off a hydraulic lift, according to a report by the El Paso Fire Marshal’s Office.
“The resulting mechanical friction or electrical current ignited the gas-air mixture, triggering a deflagration event and multiple explosions,” according to Fire Marshals.
As a result of the explosion, two people, German Garcia and Ruben Ibarra, were killed and six others were injured.
Garcia and Ibarra, who were flown to a burn center in Phoenix, died due to their critical injuries.
The fire was classified as unintentional and the case has been closed, according to the report.
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