Moldovan prosecutors demand 30-day arrest warrant for owners of café hit by explosion

11:09 | 12.01.2016 Category: Social

Chisinau, 12 January /MOLDPRES/- The Prosecutor General's Office today will file charges against the owners of the café hit by an explosion that hurt 13 people on 9 January.

According to the press service of the The Prosecutor General's Office, the managers, who are spouses, are accused of violating labour safety rules and causing serious body injuries to their employees by negligence.

“Prosecutors have written a petition asking for 30-day arrest warrants to be issued for both managers. The petition is to be examined by the court of Chisinau's Centru (central) district today,” the press release reads.

Chisinau’s acting Prosecutor General Igor Popa ordered the creation of a prosecution joint group in charge of investigating the circumstances of the case.

As for the three victims transferred to Romania for treatment on 10 January, the spokesperson for the Burn Surgery Hospital in Bucharest, Adrian Stanculea said “women are in a critical state. Almost 35-40% of their body surface was burnt. They had suffered deep burns, including burns of their respiratory tracts. Two of them are to be operated on 12 January. However, the other one is in a very critical state, as she had suffered extreme burns,” Stanculea added.

The press officer of the Civil Protection and Emergency Situations Service, Diana Turcanu said the explosion had prompted firemen to carry out inspections in all the buildings and spaces located on the territory of the Central market. “We have checked 82 leisure places so far and worked out 45 protocols. Only four leisure locals meet all the fire regulations and six of them violated all of the safety rules. Firemen ceased the activity of the latter,” Turcanu said.

A number of 13 people were hurt by a blast in a café near the Central market in Chisinau on 9 January. Three women in critical state had been carried to Bucharest for treatment, while the other 10 victims are treated in Chisinau.

(Reporter A. Plitoc, Editor A. Raileanu)

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