A raging fire broke out minutes before 3 p.m. this Tuesday on José Cáceres Vernal Street No. 862 in the Vigil urbanization, in the back of the San Martín de Porres Parish Educational Institution, which left seven members of a group on the street. family.
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The fire consumed the property of the house in minutes, after expanding to the rooms and reaching the flammable materials, causing a large smoke that alarmed the neighbors and was seen from kilometers away.
Two injured by burns
Firefighting vehicles and volunteers from three fire companies came to the area, while police from the Gonzáles Vigil police station restricted vehicular traffic two blocks away and Samu paramedics arrived to treat two people injured by burns, including a young man who He risked himself to rescue a pet (dog Pinina) and his belongings.
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Neighbors indicated that the fire spread quickly and they feared the worst, knowing that people lived in the house, including children, and they thought that some would be in danger.
They threw water from roofs
Later it was learned that there was no one in the house, since the family members had left moments before. They requested help from firefighters and police, at the same time that several locals helped remove some things that were near the entrance door, knowing that the fire would have started in a back room.
Some locals threw water from the roofs of the neighboring homes, others removed a piece of furniture, a television, and some notebooks or school textbooks from the burning home. According to the version of an injured person, it was learned that yesterday the members of the family were gathered at home after another year had passed since the departure of a loved one. having built a small altar with flowers and a lit candle.
