Gasoline leak left one child dead and five injured. MPRJ reported that 17 people had to leave their homes in the region.

The 3rd Criminal Court of Duque de Caxia ordered the preventive detention of three suspects of drilling a Transpetro pipeline in Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense. The attempt to steal fuel caused a leak and resulted in the death of a 9-year-old child. According to the MPRJ, the fuel transport company had a loss of more than R$2,8 million.

The Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (GAECO) denounced, in addition to the three suspects, four people identified as members of the organization responsible for the theft. They would also have participated in the theft.

The complaint points out that William Cesar Vieira, Mateus Kevin da Silva Belo and Wesley Muniz Pollete drilled Transpetro's Orbel I pipeline and caused a leak of around 237 liters of gasoline. The crime took place on April 26 at Rua Celeno, in the Capivari district, in Duque de Caxias.

Antônio Martins da Silva, the victim's grandfather, Fernanda Pacheco Luciano, the victim's mother, Sonia Cristina Tavares Ventura and Ventura Carmona Ventura are also suspected of participating in the theft. They would have functions of surveillance, transport and dealing in stolen gasoline.

The dead girl's relatives will answer for the crimes of aggravated homicide, aggravated theft, crime against the environment, crime against the economic order and criminal organization.

According to the MPRJ, “the theft was not completed because the hose attached to the valve broke, which could not withstand the high pressure of the pipeline”.

The perforation, in addition to causing the death of the 9-year-old child with 80% of his body burned, removed 17 residents from the area. The environmental crime caused a thick white cloud of approximately 10 meters, due to the gasoline leak.

Ana Cristina Pacheco Luciano, 9 years old, died on May 23, after having 80% of her body burned in the fuel leak. She was found passed out in a puddle of gasoline.

The girl was admitted to the Hospital Estadual Adão Pereira Nunes, in Duque de Caxias, with 80% of her body burned. She had burns on her hands, arms and legs.

Police arrest gas station owner and Transpetro employees for fuel theft in SP

Operation Trupanon, against a criminal organization specializing in theft of state-owned pipelines, carries out 14 temporary arrest warrants and 45 search and seizure warrants in cities in the state of São Paulo. Civilian police officers from the Cargo Theft Unit of the Sectional Police Station of Guarulhos, in Greater São Paulo, arrested this Monday, July 1st, at least ten people, including a gas station owner and employees of Transpetro — Petrobras' transport and logistics subsidiary — for theft of fuel.

BRL 150 million in losses every year. This is the amount lost by Petrobras due to the action of criminal groups against oil and derivatives transport pipelines.