It was the first workday after the Easter holiday. The team mobilized to the area along with personnel from other government entities, including the Civil Protection System. “This is a serious compliance failure by the company,” they added. When the alarm sounded. The alarm went off at the Fire Department at 4:12 p.m. on Monday, April 6. They faced complex conditions due to the risk of new explosions and the intensity of the fire. The Nicaraguan was not the only victim. Who was the person who died in the fire under the Bridge of the Americas? This is what is known so far. His name was Jeyner Treminio, he was 40 years old, and he was from Nicaragua. Immediately, the university began to be evacuated. After the incident, the Public Ministry, the institution in charge of Prosecutor Luis Carlos Gómez Ruddy, opened an investigation of its own to determine the causes of the fire and establish possible responsibilities, through the Homicide and Femicide Section of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office. Meanwhile, the National Police reported that after the discovery of a body in the area of the fire, the Judicial Investigation Directorate, in coordination with the Public Ministry, began the corresponding procedures to determine responsibilities. The Ministry of Public Works, an entity in the hands of Minister José Luis Andrade, ordered forensic pathology tests on the bridge to evaluate its structural condition. The road was reopened on Tuesday afternoon, but with restrictions for some vehicles. “And what's worse, we won't know if there will be justice for his death,” a woman wrote on the social media of a Nicaraguan news outlet. An inspection by the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (Mitradel) determined that Treminio did not have a valid work permit. Minister Jackeline Muñoz described the worker's death as “unacceptable.” “Occupational safety is not optional. No operation, contract or business can be above the life of a worker,” she wrote on Instagram. She also reported that the person lacked a work permit since 2021. The road was closed for 40 minutes, reopened, and then closed again until Tuesday afternoon. 'I managed to count five explosions'. Kathyland Navarro, vice chancellor of the Maritime University of Panama, an educational center located in the area of the incident, told reporters that they first observed “a small fire between two tankers,” but the fire escalated rapidly. “I managed to count five explosions,” she narrated. “We can't even see his remains to give him a Christian burial. Two firefighters suffered burns, but they are out of danger. 'He was my dad'. “He was my dad, he loved his daughters, and now a 5-year-old girl doesn't know that her father died. “This is not a mistake. According to media in that country, he was born in Santa María de Pantasma, a municipality in the department of Jinotega. Read here: AMP suspends concession to the company POTSA after the fire under the Bridge of the Americas. He was a worker for the company Environmental Solutions Development, Inc., a company that, according to Panama Oil Terminals, S.A. (POTSA), had subleased an area within its concession in the La Boca sector, in Balboa. This company is dedicated to waste management and fumigation inside or outside port premises. According to Víctor Álvarez, director of the Fire Department of Panama, Treminio was trapped between tank trucks containing fuel with an estimated capacity of between 5,000 and 10,000 gallons each. More than 75 members of the Fire Department participated in the extinguishing work.
