Explosion Men killed in Nussbaumen AG were handling illegal fireworks
According to the investigation, the two men killed by the explosion in Nussbaumen AG were allegedly unqualified users of homemade pyrotechnics. This involved a large quantity of fireworks imported illegally from abroad.
20.06.2024, 09:02
20.06.2024, 13:41
SDA
On the one hand, this type of pyrotechnics must be stored correctly. On the other hand, a permit and special expertise are required both for importing them into Switzerland and for handling them, wrote the Office of the Attorney General of the Canton of Aargau in a press release on Thursday.
Due to the special situation, initial findings from the investigation by the Baden public prosecutor's office were published. These revealed that the deceased men were probably very enthusiastic about pyrotechnics and presumably even attempted to manufacture their own products. This was despite the fact that they had not been trained to do so, according to the report.
The chief public prosecutor's office writes that these attempts in a hobby room last Thursday evening may have led to the unintentional ignition of the substances. This probably led to a chain reaction with the large quantity of pyrotechnics in the room.
According to the Attorney General's Office, the unplanned combustion of the large number of fireworks produced gas that could not spread further in the enclosed space. The pressure created by the process subsequently discharged towards the walls of the room and along the large ceiling of the adjacent underground car park.
According to the forensic and forensic investigation so far, the explosion originated in a room in the underground parking garage where the two later victims, a 43-year-old Italian and a 24-year-old Swiss man, were staying at the time of the accident. Eleven people suffered injuries.
Man temporarily arrested
The cantonal police also temporarily arrested a man after the explosion, according to a statement. The 33-year-old Portuguese man was an acquaintance of the two men killed in the explosion, according to the public prosecutor's office. He had reported to the emergency services at the scene of the accident and said that he was one of the tenants of the hobby room.
In order to question him and to prevent the possible destruction of evidence, the man was temporarily arrested. No pre-trial detention was ordered, the public prosecutor's office announced on Thursday in response to an inquiry from the Keystone-SDA news agency.
