2024-07-09 20:39:59
The fire in the Meiggs neighborhood affected at least three businesses, so the police cut off traffic in two lanes of the Alameda.
Around 200 firefighters responded early this morning to put out the fire. Fire that affected at least three commercial premises in the Meiggs neighborhood.
According to the first information gathered at the scene, The accident is believed to have started at 4:00 a.m. at the intersection of Enrique Meiggs and Alameda, in downtown Santiago.
A Twenty fire trucks from different companies came to the scene to put out the flames.
In that corner there are several stores dedicated to the sale of birthday itemsso there was a large amount of combustible material inside. Added to this was the presence of gas cylinders in at least one of them.
Firefighters controlled the fire
The second commander of the Santiago Fire Department, Giorgio Tromben, stated after 06:30 hours that “the situation is under control“.
“There is no longer any danger of spreading to continuous premisesand work is underway to extinguish the source of the fire, which has been difficult to access due to the roof structure,” he said.
In order to facilitate the work of the Firefighter volunteers, Carabineros cut off vehicular traffic in the first two lanes of the Alameda.
The work of the experts is expected to know the exact origin of the flames that affected the premises in the Meiggs neighborhood.
Videos of the fire in the Meiggs neighborhood