A worker who was hurt during a major blast and fire at a gas processing plant in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo has succumbed to their injuries, five sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed Tuesday.
The worker passed away Tuesday morning while being treated at a medical facility in Maracaibo, which serves as the capital city of Zulia, an oil-rich state, according to the sources.
Friday’s blast left six workers with injuries and resulted in significant damage to the processing plant. Officials with state-operated oil company PDVSA and the Ministry of Information have not yet provided a response to requests for comment about the worker’s death.
