Cloud of smoke in the train station at eleven

May 17, 2019

The burning of waste in a basement at the Sarmiento railway terminal caused a smoke screen that caused some concern among the pbadengers.

Users of the Train Sarmiento and the Metro lines A and H they experienced a moment of worry this morning when a smoke curtain covered the interior of the Eleven station. However, despite the initial warning, it was corroborated that the episode was not referring to a serious event.

"These are lit litter in a basement that caused the accumulation of this smoke in the tunnel.There is no danger," said the director of Same, Alberto Crescenti.

Fire department staff checked the episode and those who were affected by the smoke that circulated through the station Eleven They were already badisted, in some cases with oxygen masks as a precaution.

Despite the incident, it was not necessary to interrupt the normal operation of the Sarmiento railways and the A and H metro lines.

Constant bomb threats

In the afternoon of last Thursday, the train station Eleven was hit by a bomb threat that caused inconvenience for half an hour and resulted in the operation of the limited-service secondary train between Caballito and Moreno.

The episode occurred around 3:40 pm, when the operation of the train as a whole was finally resumed, although there were delays and cancellations.

"During elections, these calls are more frequent," said the Minister of Justice and Security of the City, Marcelo D'Alessandro, while saying that "the investigations" conducted did not find "common thread nor political motivation ". .

"Last year, we had a wave of calls, but they were in schools and collaborating with the investigative brigade and with cybercrime." We have detected several cases; raids were carried out and many of these people were brought to justice, "he added.