He fire started this Wednesday morning in a six-story building in the Barrio República sectorvery close to the last fire in several commercial premises on Sunday, around the Meiggs neighborhood, It was managed to be contained according to information from the Fire Department.
“He fire is contained, although there is live fire on the upper floorsso we are waiting to fully control the emergency to proceed,” commented the commander of the Santiago Fire Department, Giorgio Tromben.
The fire authority explained that have had problems with the water supplydue to the high demand that the taps have, as it is a large-scale fire, although he specified that this situation was He attacked with the installation of supply pools and use of municipal cistern cars.
“This sector is very complex in water issues, the network of taps is not enough either, because the use of all the taps is not enough”Tromben said. He further explained that “it They created three water supply systems, plus cistern trucks of the municipality. This system is useful and efficient so we already have the emergency contained.”
Furthermore he said that There are about 350 volunteers working on sitewhich are basically wineries with products that were going to be sold in nearby stores, “so there is a lot of combustible material” which explains the aggressiveness of the flames.
He added that two firebreaks, one located at the front of the premises and another at the back “helped prevent the spread of the fire. There are no nearby houses affected by the flames.”
“Fire investigation personnel are waiting for the flames to be controlled so they can enter to carry out the tests.“said the Fire Commander.
2024-10-02 16:20:45