This Sunday at 2:00 p.m. different fire departments worked on 30 fires simultaneously, the National Fire Department reported in a statement.
In one of the cases, Firefighters from Santa Lucía attended a field fire, shortly after 2:30 p.m., in a property located on Route 11 Km 79,500, near the Bernardo Etchepare neighborhood, near the border between San José and Canelones. .
The fire was taking place in a sugarcane field, with grasslands and low- and medium-level vegetation, inside a field, close to the colony’s facilities. The flames continued to advance, despite the efforts of the firefighters, hampered by the strong wind and the dry state of the vegetation.
Next at 16:40 they spread 5 spotlights distant from each other, with an advance front of up to 300 meters, surrounding the colony, reaching a 200m2 shed in which there were disused vehicles.
At times the fire was directed towards the colony’s pavilions, which were occupied by patients, who were evacuated as a precaution, by ASSE personnel, with no injuries.
After several hours of fighting the fire, it was possible to stop the spread towards the pavilions and towards houses in the area, preventing them from being affected. Around 6:00 p.m., the fire was controlled. The fire affected a total area of approximately 70 hectares.
Firefighters from the Santa Lucía, San José, Libertad, Las Piedras, Canelones and a forestry brigade from Ciudad del Plata, an Incident Command team from the Centenario Barracks, as well as police officers from San José, from the Police Caminera, from the National Police Aviation, personnel from the National Army, from the CE.COED of San José, with personnel and heavy machinery, personnel from the Municipality of Santa Lucía and the Municipality of Aguas Corrientes, and OSE personnel with tanks. Work continues at the site.
Lecocq Park
From the organization they indicated that one of the most difficult fires in the metropolitan area began on Sunday morning in an animal pen, which later expanded towards the Lecocq Park. After improving the existing firewalls in the area, around 2 in the morning Firefighters prevented the flames from reaching houses near the sceneand at 6:30 was controlled the fire.
In total they were affected 8 hectares of field and eucalyptus mountains. Firefighters reported that Cooling tasks continue in the area.
Two hours after the control of the fire in Lecocq, around 8:30 a.m., a fire broke out on the premises of the Battalion No. 14 of the Armylocated in the town of Toledo, Cannelloni. The fire it came to have 100 meters in frontand at 11 o’clock it was prevented from reaching houses in the area and a school that has an “LPG tank” (Petroleum liquid gas).
From the force they indicated that some people They were treated for “principle of intoxication” due to the “great concentration of smoke” that released the fire. They added that They continue to work on the property.
Other officials worked to prevent a fire in a neighborhood field North Carrasco reach nearby houses. According to Firefighters, the fire has a propagation front of 400 meters. A similar situation occurs in progress, cannelloniwhere firefighters work to prevent a fire that started around 1:00 p.m. in Soriano and Calcagno streets reach homes in the area.
The force also coordinates air support and works on a field fire located on the kilometer 28 of the Interbalnearia Routewhich develops near “A gas tank from an Ancap service station”.
other fires
At 10:30 a.m., firefighters had to deal with another fire that occurred in The stoneswhich affected 25 hectares of land and was at risk of spreading to a sawmill. The incident It is controlledindicated the Direction of the force.
Around 11 o’clock another incident was recorded in a industrial plant in the Lezica neighborhood. Las Piedras Firefighters they rescued a dog of the flames and They controlled the fire around 2:00 p.m.details the statement.
At 12:20 p.m. Biarritz firefighters had to attend the inside a mountain located at kilometer 155 of Route 11where work continues.
