At 10 pm on Wednesday the 22nd, a fire that broke out in the huts surrounding the Mercal headquarters in Sinamaica in the Guajira municipality was controlled, according to information from the town’s mayor, Indira Fernández, published on her Instagram network. indirafduarte.
In a video, the first authority of the municipality details that the food located at the Mercal headquarters is 100% protected; Thanks to the quick action of the Mara Fire Department, officials from PoliGuajira, National Guard, People’s Guard and Civil Protection, who in perfect civic-military union prevented the flames from spreading to the shed, which serves as a food storage facility.
The mayoress specified that the fire only affected the bohío, made with bulrush, which is located outside the Mercal facilities; Faced with this unfortunate fact, she urged to remain calm.
The community alerted about the fire
At 8 pm, the neighbors reported to the police authorities the fire that was consuming the hut, located in front of the Mercal shed. Given the urgency of the case, officials from various security agencies and municipal government authorities went to the scene to proceed immediately to control the fire, an action that was effective and only left minor damage.
In her speech, Mayor Indira Fernández said that “even if they try to attack us, we will not waver in our objective of serving the people. Here we will remain firm.”
According to some witnesses, there was a “spark”, then the fire began to gain proportion in the “ranchón”, it was then that they proceeded to report the news.
Given this fact that caused alarm in the Sinamaica community, G/D José Félix Medina E, president of Mercal, spoke out, expressing his solidarity with the indigenous people.
It will be the Firefighters together with Civil Protection, who will be in charge of carrying out the pertinent investigations, to accurately determine the causes of what happened.
