Unfortunate fire in the Market November 4

When a fire occurs, a feeling of sadness invades us all because the fire takes years of effort, sacrifice and work from people. This happened at midnight on Wednesday, February 9, at the emblematic November 4 Market in the area of ​​the third ring road and Centennial Avenue in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, when the flames that began on the ground floor of the structure soon they spread and in the end they ended up burning between 30 and 40 percent of the building.

After four hours of hard work and using more than 100,000 liters of water, the firefighters managed to put out the flames in the early hours of Thursday the 10th. Some merchants were able to salvage part of their merchandise, mainly more valuable equipment, but the damage was irreversible for most of those who have their jobs in place.

Industrial machines, sewing machines, clothing, cell phone accessories, bookstores, stores selling plastics, butchers’ implements, and various other items were burned.

The November 4 Market was one of the most orderly and best organized in the city, so it is striking how the fire could have originated. Investigations will still take days to identify how the first flame was ignited. However, nothing that can be discovered will help to recover what was lost, and may only serve to take precautions in the future.

Beyond the pain of the families who lost their small investments in the market, what must be done now is to rebuild that infrastructure, providing it with better security conditions so that a misfortune like the one that is ending this week does not happen again.

At the same time, it should be noted that recently fires tend to occur with a worrying frequency. To prevent more accidents from occurring, it is necessary to strengthen the institutional control systems that enforce the safety requirements related to the science of prevention and, where appropriate, the attention to fires in order to have more efficient operations in the task of putting out the fire. .

The control function of buildings susceptible to fire should be more rigorous and constant: it is necessary that teams of professionals specialized in security and fire control go through and review the facilities of markets, supermarkets, factories, workshops, multi-family buildings, old buildings and new.
Any investment made by the authorities in this task will always be less than the cost of the damage left behind by the flames when they become uncontrollable.

In this particular case, it is the Mayor’s Office of Santa Cruz that must strengthen its fire control, prevention and control office.
For now, and going back to the November 4 Market, all that remains is to trust in the solidarity of the population to help rebuild what was lost. To that extent, there are initiatives such as the organization of kermeses and the sale of products in the area of ​​the park adjacent to the market, so that those who wish to contribute to those who lost the most can do so and bring a little relief to those bereaved families.

When a fire occurs, a feeling of sadness invades us all because the fire takes years of effort, sacrifice and work from people. This happened at midnight on Wednesday, February 9, at the emblematic November 4 Market in the area of ​​the third ring road and Centennial Avenue in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, when the flames that began on the ground floor of the structure soon they spread and in the end they ended up burning between 30 and 40 percent of the building.

After four hours of hard work and using more than 100,000 liters of water, the firefighters managed to put out the flames in the early hours of Thursday the 10th. Some merchants were able to salvage part of their merchandise, mainly more valuable equipment, but the damage was irreversible for most of those who have their jobs in place.

Industrial machines, sewing machines, clothing, cell phone accessories, bookstores, stores selling plastics, butchers’ implements, and various other items were burned.

The November 4 Market was one of the most orderly and best organized in the city, so it is striking how the fire could have originated. Investigations will still take days to identify how the first flame was ignited. However, nothing that can be discovered will help to recover what was lost, and may only serve to take precautions in the future.

Beyond the pain of the families who lost their small investments in the market, what must be done now is to rebuild that infrastructure, providing it with better security conditions so that a misfortune like the one that is ending this week does not happen again.

At the same time, it should be noted that recently fires tend to occur with a worrying frequency. To prevent more accidents from occurring, it is necessary to strengthen the institutional control systems that enforce the safety requirements related to the science of prevention and, where appropriate, the attention to fires in order to have more efficient operations in the task of putting out the fire. .

The control function of buildings susceptible to fire should be more rigorous and constant: it is necessary that teams of professionals specialized in security and fire control go through and review the facilities of markets, supermarkets, factories, workshops, multi-family buildings, old buildings and new.
Any investment made by the authorities in this task will always be less than the cost of the damage left behind by the flames when they become uncontrollable.

In this particular case, it is the Mayor’s Office of Santa Cruz that must strengthen its fire control, prevention and control office.
For now, and going back to the November 4 Market, all that remains is to trust in the solidarity of the population to help rebuild what was lost. To that extent, there are initiatives such as the organization of kermeses and the sale of products in the area of ​​the park adjacent to the market, so that those who wish to contribute to those who lost the most can do so and bring a little relief to those bereaved families.

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