Behind the fierce fire in a Edesur electrical substation in Caballito that affected several Buenos Aires neighborhoods this Saturday afternoon, the service began to be reestablished in areas of Caballito and Almagro. Los more than 60,000 users affected that the company had recognized THE NATIONthey went down at night to 45.000according to the ENRE.
However, problems with access to water continue and, in the areas where electricity returned, The service provided by AySA has not yet been completely restored. In other places in the city and the suburbs there are also power outages, such as in Belgrano, a few blocks from the stadium. River Plate.
According to Edesur, A hypothesis cannot be made as to what caused the fire at the Caballito substation because firefighters are still working at the scene. From the electrical distributor they assured that “Once the situation is controlled they will be able to assess the damage and determine what caused the fire”.
In the middle of a very hot day, with a thermal sensation that reached 38.3°, at 2:51 p.m. this afternoon the call came in to 911 due to the fire at the Caballito de Edesur substationlocated on José María Moreno Avenue between Alberdi and Formosa 300. It is a building measuring 25 meters wide and 40 meters deep. with fire on the ground floor and first floor.
Personnel from the 6B Neighborhood Police Station were deployed to the scene and the Crisis Committee was established. The substation and the adjacent building were evacuated in order. As the fire later began to take over the back of a building facing Riglos Street, the security perimeter was expanded to the entire block and residents were being evacuated building by building.
Police from the Rapid Intervention Directorate, the Motorized Police, the Traffic Agent Corps, Prevention Agents and a Containment Unit worked at the scene. At 4 p.m., fire personnel reported that the fire was under control.: Station VII intervened in the case, using a 63 line and a 38 line for propagation. A Pressure Washer was also available to attack the 1st floor from the front. For its part, The Emergency Medical Care System (SAME) was established preventively on site: There are eight ambulances and four special mobiles.
Alberto Crescenti, head of SAME, assured that they are at the service of the evacuees. And explained: “It is an Edesur location that has a lot of fire load, there are several City fire crews. “We, due to the issue of the departments, have 14 SAME ambulances plus triage units and two oxygenation units, but people have been able to evacuate in order and we did not treat anyone.”
“We do not have any patients with burns or who have inhaled smoke,” added the head of the emergency service, who assured that “The evacuees are out of danger.”
The Commune 6 team stated that it is in contact with the police authorities attentive to the requirements that arrive regarding electrodependent people. The Buenos Aires Presente program, belonging to the Ministry of Human Development, is also active, which is in place to survey residents who need a place to sleep tonight, evaluate cases of people who need to be able to move around because they are in high floors, and distribute water
In a statement, the Edesur company expressed that Those who need assistance can call line 103, Contact by WhatsApp at the following number: 1161876995send a private message on Facebook or call emergencies: 0800-333-3787. For their part, people who have electrode-dependent family members They must make a claim to ENRE 0800-333-300 to request appropriate assistance.
As a consequence of the fire, Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos SA (AySA) reported that its Elevator Station located a few blocks from the incident is affected by the lack of energy and for this reason the company requests to make rational use of the service. The concessionaire company for public drinking water and sewage collection services for the City of Buenos Aires A contingency plan will be put into operation until power is restored to the Caballito Lifting Station, reinforcing the distribution of drinking water with pumping from the Flores Lifting Station, the Centro Lifting Station and the Devoto Lifting Station.
“As a result of the lack of energy, and therefore the stoppage of the service provided by the lifting station, the Buenos Aires neighborhoods of Buenos Aires could be affected by low pressure or lack of water. Caballito, Flores, Floresta, Boedo, Balvanera, Almagro, Palermo, Nueva Pompeya, Avellaneda Park, Chacabuco Park, Patricios Park, Recoleta, San Cristóbal, Villa Crespo, Villa Santa Rita and Villa Soldati; and the Buenos Aires towns of Piñeyro (Avellaneda) and Valentín Alsina (Lanús)“, they warned in the statement.
In addition, they reminded residents that if they have any questions, the following official communication channels are available: 0800-321-AGUA (2482) is the number enabled 24 hours a day and the social networks are: Instagram: @aysa.oficial and Facebook: AySA.Argentina from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.
At 7:35 p.m. Edesur confirmed that the “Caballito Substation” supplies service to more than 100,000 customers, of which 60,000 are currently affected. According to reports, when the fire occurred, company workers were carrying out scheduled work, but everyone was able to be evacuated and there were no injuries.
In addition, they reiterated that the reasons for the incident are unknown because the Firefighters continue to carry out tasks at the site until entry to the building is safe again. “Once we can have access to the place, our technicians will be able to measure the damage caused by the fire and give certainty to customers about the progress of the tasks for the normalization of service in the area,” the company reported.
In the same statement they said that the building was renovated and repowered in 2015. They also described that it has two 80 MVA HV/MV transformers, with four bars and 8 MV outputs per section.
“We are cooling, we worked with F500 foam on the two transformers that had 35 thousand liters of oil each. It was a complex situation, but luckily the process has been mastered, now we are turning off small lights“, assured the head of the City Fire Inspection, Diego Coria, in dialogue with TN.
“The evacuated residents can now begin to return. In an orderly manner and as we clear the road we will be able to let people enter. There is no longer any danger”he confirmed.
The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macrisaid on his social networks that he had a meeting with the Vice Head of Government, Clara Muzzio, the Chief of Staff, Néstor Grindetti and all the areas involved to follow up on the prevention and assistance operation that the City Government is carrying out after the fire at the Edesur substation.
“From the beginning, in addition to evacuating nearby residents and providing drinking water to neighbors, we took eight ambulances and four SAME mobile phones to the scene to attend to any eventuality,” Macri assured. And he highlighted: “We established a special operation for electro-dependent and elderly people. “We also made a place available to affected residents to spend the night in case they need it.”
He also assured that he is in permanent communication with Edesur in order to demand speed to restore the supply. “We have already requested information about the causes of the fire and its impact on the electrical system,” said the head of the Buenos Aires government.
With information from the Télam Agency
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