Investigations continue to clarify the causes of the explosion that caused 2 deaths and 7 injuries in the warehouse under construction that is said to belong to MP Bujar Çela in Lushnje. There is still no official version, but Report Tv learns that the violation of the rules at work, and the misuse of the duty for granting the construction permit for the warehouse with a metal structure, under the high voltage electric wires, are being investigated. Among the wounded is the brother of the deputy mayor of Lushnje.
Lushnje– The powerful explosion in the industrial area in Lushnje on Friday afternoon, (15:30, March 1, 2024) which left behind 2 victims and 7 injured, among them the socialist MP, Bujar Cela, is unclear and still without an official position, where it was caused.
The only certainty is that it all started from the crane in the warehouse under construction, in which even a day after the tragedy, an oxygen cylinder seems to have been left hanging. Father and son, Roland and Elidian Hoxha, 51 and 23 years old, worked there. The crane was theirs carrying 2 cylinders, one with oxygen and the other with argon gas, which are combined for cutting and welding in metal structures.
INVESTIGATIONS
Initially, yesterday in a preliminary announcement from the police of Lushnja it was reported that the explosion occurred after the crane touched a high voltage electric wire, which is located very close to the buildings built within the area with warehouses and bulk businesses.
But the investigators who returned to the scene this Saturday (March 2) suspect that the explosion was caused by an incident with canisters. It is thought that one of them fell, exploding, and as a result, the electric wire was also broken. However, the track is being investigated and only in the future concrete conclusions will be drawn by the experts.
Father and son took iron for scrap
Sources from the Police say that for father and son originating from the village of Stan i Karbunara, it was the first day in this warehouse, where, as unofficially told to Report TV, they were not contracted for the construction process, but to get iron for scrap.
The warehouse was being built, the permit was obtained from MP Çela
Fire experts, genius forces, police investigators and the prosecutor closely searched for the evidence to solve everything that happened in the explosion that shook Lushnja. The warehouse where the explosion happened was being rebuilt. Unofficial sources near the investigative group say that the permit for its construction was obtained by the socialist deputy of Lushnja Bujar Çela, who was there at the time of the explosion.
The brother of the deputy mayor is among the injured
The explosion was quite powerful, as can be seen in the exclusive video that Report TV provided on the day of the event. The injured people are believed to represent businesses within the industrial area, such as Saimir Korreshi, a citizen from Lushnja, brother of the Deputy Mayor Elton Korreshi, who was in his wholesale beverage business. But a part can also be warehouse workers in construction. The official reaction to clarify their positions has not yet been made by the police.
The investigation group has doubts that there are 2 criminal offenses in this tragedy. Violation of safety rules at work related to the canisters that were used for welding that may be outside any technical criteria, and abuse of duty, which may be related to the granting of permission for the construction of the metal warehouse below the high voltage line.
One of the people who was injured by the explosion in the warehouse in Lushnja has left the hospital.
Lundei Golemi was working in another warehouse about 20 meters away, when the blast wave caught him and threw him about 5 meters away.
It is known that he received head injuries, but his health condition is stable.
‘It was like an earthquake! Everything destroyed in 5 seconds’ A two-week-old baby in the apartment near the silo that exploded! The head of the family cries
Lushnje- The powerful explosion in Lushnje has caused great damage to the surrounding houses. Report Tv was in the apartment of a family which was destroyed by the explosion that happened in the warehouses at the Plasmasi Roundabout in Lushnje at 15:30 on March 1, 2024.
Everything is destroyed, doors and windows. Everything inside the apartment, while the floor is covered by metal sheets.
“Everything was destroyed in 5 seconds,’ says the head of the family. While the husband, the head of the family, was in Greece when he found out about the incident. He can't hold back his tears. Not only because he sees the struggle of a life totally damaged, but because he could have lost his people.
“It was the bride, son! Glass everywhere, irons thrown here and there! Good thing there were no people outside! With the condition of the house, I could have had people killed. God has protected me. The son's bride was born 10 days ago. Good thing God saved the family”
A citizen says that it has been opened‘a big hole and the structure has moved”
“The explosion was very powerful. Even the earthquake. Even at 3 km in the air, it looked like an earthquake,’ says the old man.
‘Rolandi was a worker, he had his own crane, Elidion helped him!’ Father and son are escorted to their last apartment, they died in the explosion in Lushnje
Lushnje- Amidst the pain, the family members escorted Roland and Elidion Hoxha, father and son who died at work, to the last apartment. Elidion, 23, had returned from emigration and was helping his father when the fatal explosion occurred.
With sadness, the neighbors of the Hoxha family, in the village of Stan-Karbunare in Lushnje, say that 51-year-old Roland Hoxha had a car with a crane and worked for several years as a shunter, while he was known as a humane person.
“We were very sorry, Roland had his own crane, he had been working for years. We know him as a hard worker and a good man. His son, Elidion, helped him.”.
The Minister of the Interior, Taulant Balla, accompanied by the Mayor of Lushnje, Eriselda Sefa, went to offer condolences to the Hoxha family.
Yesterday's incident, during work on the construction of a warehouse, took the lives of a father and son and left 7 others injured, among them Socialist MP Bujar Çela, out of danger for life. 41-year-old Sokol Lumi is also receiving treatment at the Trauma hospital. The injured are out of danger for life. Today, the third injured Saimir Koreshi was transported from Lushnja to Tirana with limb damage. Meanwhile, Ervis Sharka and Ilia Sota are currently being treated in the Lushnje hospital, in a stable condition. The injured Eriget Gorovelli and Lunedi Golemi were released from the hospital today.
BALANCE
Two dead
1-Roland Hoxha, 51 years old
2-Elidion Hoxha, 23 years oldWOUNDED
1-Sajmir Korreshi businessman - In the Trauma hospital
2-Sokol Lumi worker – In the Trauma hospital
3-Bujar Çela, MP - In the Trauma hospital
4-Ervis Sharka, worker- In Lushnja hospital
5- Ilia Sota, worker - In Lushnja hospital
6- Eriget Gorovelli – Left Lushnja hospital
7- Lunedi Golemi - Left Lushnja hospital
