Set fire to oil loaded tractor-trailer in Puerto Gaitan

The incident occurred near the school Camilo Torres.

Lived moments of panic before noon in Puerto Gaitan (Meta) on behalf of vandals who surrounded a semi loaded with oil, they opened the key and set it on fire.

The daredevil action filled with fear of living in the vicinity of the school Camilo Torres, which was burning, Expedia a huge column of black smoke.

Agustin Alonso Torres, secretary of the municipality and Infrastructure acting mayor, said the swift reaction of the authorities allowed the vehicle out of the accident area and control the situation.

The fear was such that even from Puerto Gaitan some people were asking to suspend gas supplies to prevent a tragedy.

For three days, when the Trade Union (USO) convened an oil strike, disorders in Puerto Gaitan, where the largest oil production fields in the country have been drifting in vandalism and damage left by huge losses City Hall building which is under renovation and the library, which is under construction.

Both structures were hit with objects that were vandalized were targeted in addition to the looting of equipment and material, as defined by the Secretary Torres.

In the morning trade, which completed almost 48 hours closed for public disorder, tried to open the door timidly, but with the worsening of the situation, some decided to lower the bars.

At this time a squad of police arrived at the oil port to reinforce riot squad units (Esmad), which has repelled the demonstrators with tear gas, while spokesmen for the negotiating table and traders forward an emergency meeting to find solutions to the critical situation caused by the disorders, however, have failed to stop the production of the Canadian Pacific Rubiales, which last month reported 225,000 barrels a day.