{"id":6214,"date":"2025-07-15T07:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/?p=6214"},"modified":"2025-07-15T07:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:32:27","slug":"164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"164 muertes desde 2018: Bombonas corro\u00eddas y falta de odorizante para alertar fugas (bloqueado por sanciones de EEUU) provocan explosiones de gas en Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16335\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg 960w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg?w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-attachment-id=\"16335\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/latablablog.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/12\/164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela\/img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250712_211233_6315307301224857500660.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>164 venezolanos fallecieron<\/p>\n<p>entre 2018 y 2024 en explosiones de bombonas de gas, seg\u00fan registros de cuerpos de bomberos y estudios de seguridad nacional.<\/p>\n<p>Este balance adquiere urgente vigencia tras la explosi\u00f3n de hoy en Catia Oeste (Caracas), que dej\u00f3 25 heridos \u2014incluyendo dos ni\u00f1os\u2014 por la deflagraci\u00f3n de un cilindro de 43 kg abandonado a la intemperie. La tragedia refuerza el patr\u00f3n de riesgo: 80% de las bombonas circulantes incumple normas t\u00e9cnicas y la falta de mercaptano por sanciones impide detectar fugas .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reproductor de v\u00eddeo VideoPress\" src=\"https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/dcLPgfvH?cover=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" aria-label=\"Reproductor de v\u00eddeo VideoPress\" data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Causas estructurales del desastre\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Parque de cilindros en colapso:<br \/>\n\u2013 12 millones de bombonas (de 15 millones totales) superan los 20 a\u00f1os sin mantenimiento, con grietas, corrosi\u00f3n y v\u00e1lvulas defectuosas. Las normas Covenin (1997) exigen revisiones cada siete a\u00f1os, pero PDVSA y distribuidores omiten inspecciones desde 2007 .<br \/>\n\u2013 Ejemplo cr\u00edtico: La bombona de Catia presentaba fugas por deterioro del fondo semi-el\u00edptico, lanzada a 60 metros por la explosi\u00f3n .<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Odorizante bloqueado por sanciones:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 El Departamento del Tesoro de EE.UU. prohibi\u00f3 desde 2019 la importaci\u00f3n de metil mercaptano, compuesto que da al gas su olor a \u00abhuevo podrido\u00bb. Sin este, bomberos reportan 10 fugas semanales no detectadas en Aragua .<br \/>\n\u2013 Consecuencia: En 2022, una familia en Caracas sufri\u00f3 quemaduras graves al no percibir una fuga durante la cocina .<\/p>\n<p>Negligencia en cadena y emergencia humanitaria<br \/>\n\u2013 Distribuidores: Omiten pruebas visuales para detectar corrosi\u00f3n o abolladuras antes del llenado. Transportan cilindros apilados sin protecci\u00f3n, acelerando da\u00f1os .<br \/>\n\u2013 Usuarios: 89% almacena bombonas en \u00e1reas cerradas y usa tuber\u00edas inadecuadas (mezcla cobre\/hierro) que facilitan corrosi\u00f3n .<br \/>\n\u2013 Crisis energ\u00e9tica: La producci\u00f3n de GLP (15 mil barriles diarios) cubre solo 37.5% de la demanda (40 mil), forzando a hogares a usar le\u00f1a o cocinas el\u00e9ctricas en medio de apagones .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusi\u00f3n reforzada:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEl incidente de Catia \u2014bajo investigaci\u00f3n por posible intencionalidad\u2014\u00a0 expone c\u00f3mo la combinaci\u00f3n de infraestructura abandonada y sanciones convierte el gas dom\u00e9stico en una amenaza permanente. Urgen:<br \/>\n1. Auditor\u00edas internacionales para renovar 80% del parque de cilindros.<br \/>\n2. Excepciones humanitarias que permitan importar mercaptano.<br \/>\nPDVSA, responsable del d\u00e9ficit de 2 millones de bombonas , evade su rol mientras las muertes suman .<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/svg\/1f50d.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd0d\" \/>\u00a0#EnContexto<br \/>\n\u2013 Saldo: 25 heridos (ni\u00f1os de 7 y 12 a\u00f1os entre ellos) tras explosi\u00f3n en calle Argentina .<br \/>\n\u2013 Investigaci\u00f3n: Alcaldesa Carmen Mel\u00e9ndez sospecha \u00abintencionalidad\u00bb por ubicaci\u00f3n an\u00f3mala de la bombona .<br \/>\n\u2013 Da\u00f1os: Onda expansiva de 20 metros de di\u00e1metro afect\u00f3 puestos informales y veh\u00edculos en tr\u00e1nsito .<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16341\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg 820w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg 120w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2_17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg 240w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3_17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4_17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg 1080w\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"16341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/latablablog.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/12\/164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela\/_17523692029267676059037115985717\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4_17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_17523692029267676059037115985717\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2_17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/17523692029267676059037115985717.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16340\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg 540w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg?w=84 84w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg?w=169 169w\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"16340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/latablablog.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/12\/164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela\/img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg?w=169\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250712_211234_2703609717627208618408.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16339\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg 586w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg 86w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2_image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg 172w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3_image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4_image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg 900w\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"1023\" data-attachment-id=\"16339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/latablablog.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/12\/164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela\/image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4_image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2_image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image_editor_output_image630852723-17523698166366927893057764236099.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><a href=\"https:\/\/latablablog.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/12\/164-muertes-desde-2018-bombonas-corroidas-y-falta-de-odorizante-para-alertar-fugas-bloqueado-por-sanciones-de-eeuu-provocan-explosiones-de-gas-en-venezuela\/\">Fuente: La Tabla<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>164 venezolanos fallecieron entre 2018 y 2024 en explosiones de bombonas de gas, seg\u00fan registros de cuerpos de bomberos y estudios de seguridad nacional. Este [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venezuela"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250712_211234_502284435223628792685.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6230,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/revisions\/6230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuevaprensaamerica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}