SLI: If You Can Walk, There's Nothing to Investigate - Even If You Were in an Explosion

The State Labour Inspectorate demonstrated outstanding logic by announcing they won't investigate the explosion that occurred at the eternal flame in Daugavpils. The reasoning? The victim didn't become incapacitated. In other words - if you can move after an explosion, then everything's fine!

"Well, he jumped a little in the air, but he did land on his feet," comments one SLI employee about the situation. "We're not a circus to investigate every acrobatic performance at the workplace." Meanwhile, video evidence shows that while the person did move after the explosion, he couldn't get up on his feet - apparently he simply chose to stay on the ground to enjoy Daugavpils' beautiful sky.

SIA "Intergaz" with its 56 million euro turnover and Bosnian owner Rashid Sardarov should start selling tickets to such "fireworks" shows. Why pay for expensive pyrotechnic performances when you can simply go help with eternal flame maintenance?

In Liepāja, of course, such a situation wouldn't be possible. In our Karosta, explosions only happen in a controlled manner and with proper safety equipment. Plus, our beach sand is much softer if someone happens to land after an unplanned flight. "Even the explosions in Daugavpils are boring," says one Liepāja resident who saw the video. "Here, a tram would have immediately come to help."

Meanwhile, the eternal flame burns again after the explosion, as if nothing had happened. Maybe that's exactly why it's called eternal - it survives even its own caretakers.