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A Sabesp construction project struck the Comgás gas network on Rua Teodoro Baima in downtown São Paulo on Thursday night (4), causing a leak that evacuated two buildings and a bar. The incident occurred just two days after the company announced new safety protocols to prevent accidents like the Jaguaré explosion that killed two people in May. ✓
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"Dois dias após a Sabesp divulgar novos protocolos de segurança e fiscalização das suas obras para evitar que acidentes como o do bairro do Jaguaré, na zona oeste de São Paulo, voltassem a acontecer, outra obra da companhia atingiu a rede da Comgás e provocou um vazamento na noite desta quinta-feira (4)"
Comgás received notification of the leak at 7:15 PM and its team arrived at 7:37 PM, eliminating the problem. The Fire Department confirmed it was a "large-scale" leak but without explosion or casualties. Sabesp said the problem occurred during "emergency maintenance" on the water network and that it activated safety protocols. ?
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"A Comgás informou ter recebido um comunicado às 19h15 'sobre um dano na rede de gás encanado causado por terceiros'. A empresa disse que sua equipe chegou ao local às 19h37 e eliminou o vazamento... o vazamento foi de grandes proporções. Não houve registro de explosão."
The company had announced on June 2 a package of safety measures in response to the May 11-12 Jaguaré explosion, which left two confirmed deaths. The changes include increasing inspectors from 200 to 600, expanding "inspection windows" — manual 50cm x 50cm holes in the soil to locate pipes before using machinery — and AI-enabled cameras at work sites by the end of 2026. ?
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"A fire set off by a potential gas explosion killed one person in Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo on Monday, while also damaging around 10 homes and leaving three people injured, the local fire department said. Images from local media showed destroyed rooftops and smoke in the Jaguare neighborhood"
"Governo de SP confirma segunda morte após..."
Sabesp's Engineering Director Roberval Tavares had stated on the 2nd that "from today" there would be "empirical verification of the network" to "see with our own eyes where the network is." Images from the República work site show the presence of an excavator that, according to the new standards, could only operate after identifying the gas network. ?
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"O que será feito a partir de hoje será uma verificação empírica da rede. A gente vai abrir e ver com os próprios olhos onde está a rede para reduzir por completo esse risco de interferências nas obras que tém a classificação mais elevada de risco nas nossas frentes de trabalho"
The leak occurred on Rua Teodoro Baima, República, at 7:15 PM on June 4, with no casualties or explosions
Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.
Covered by only some sources (1)
The work involved use of an excavator, contradicting new protocols requiring prior manual inspection
Conflicting versions (1)
Nature of the work that caused the leak
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Why was the downtown work classified as 'emergency maintenance' and didn't follow the new protocols announced two days earlier?
Why it's still unknown: Sabesp did not detail the reason for the emergency nor explain if the new procedures would apply to emergency works
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What is the exact implementation timeline for the new protocols and whether they were already in effect on June 4?
Why it's still unknown: Sources indicate announcement on June 2 but don't specify if implementation would be immediate or gradual