A house in the Pérez Castellano neighborhood of Montevideo suffered a fire with total losses, confirmed The Observer. The fire also partially affected two neighboring houses.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, it is presumed that it was an accidental event. One of the hypotheses states that the heater used by those who lived there suffered a malfunction. Telemundo reported that the two people, a 73-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man were unharmed.
The National Directorate of Firefighters shared on its Twitter account photos and videos of the tasks carried out by its troops.
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It happened this Friday, after 7:30 p.m., in a house located in Corumbé and Berlín (Pérez Castellanos).
It affected a place that was used as housing and storage (50mx15m), inside which there were many different materials (continue). pic.twitter.com/VIkgaq766Q— National Directorate of Firefighters of Uruguay (@DNdeBomberosUy) June 17, 2023
The fire occurred in a house located on Corumbe street, Berlin corner, after 7:30 p.m. The premises were used as housing and storage. Inside there were metal doors, sheets, wood, vehicle wheel covers, jugs and other various disused materials.
to the place they went detachment firefighters from Casavalle, Centro and Cordón, a 30,000-liter cistern, a cell phone for the Head of Service, police officers from the 13th Section and a UTE gang.
The fire spreador with intense and violent flames, and it spread to the neighboring houses, in both directions. The neighbors were evacuated.
The firefighters established several attack points with pressurized water, two of them on Carumbe street, another on Berlin street, and also through roofs of neighboring houses. They got Control and completely extinguish the fire, after several hours of work.
With a road machine provided by the Departmental Emergency Coordination Center (Cecoed), the removal of debris and remains of materials was carried out. Then, the members of the National Fire Department made the full cooling. tasks finished at 05:00 this Saturday.
youelemundo also reported that there is a number to make donations and thus help this family to rearm after the fire: 095 614 773
