Around 7 am today, a fire affected a building located on Paseo Bulnes and Eleuterio Ramírez, in the heart of Santiago. So far no injuries or fatalities have been reported and the origin of the flames that started on the 5th floor of the structure is unknown.
The fire that spread rapidly, had the work of seven fire trucks, who were on the scene fighting the flames. “We are responding to an emergency with a structural fire in a building on the corner of PASEO BULNES and ELEUTERIO RAMÍREZ, in the commune of SANTIAGO. 7 Santiago Firefighters cars attend “, they said from the Twitter account of the Santiago Firefighters Corps.
10-0-2: We are responding to an emergency with a structural fire in a building on the corner of PASEO BULNES and ELEUTERIO RAMÍREZ, in the commune of SANTIAGO. 7 Santiago fire trucks attend #Santiago #B10 #B11 #Q6 #M8 #B4 #X3 #RH1 https://t.co/cjM6jjuYYP
— Santiago Fire Department (@cbsantiago) April 28, 2022
For its part, Transporte Informa RM indicated that “ATTENTION (07:44) to imminent traffic restriction on Av. San Diego / Paseo Bulnes / Eleuterio Ramírez, due to a fire procedure in a high-rise building. We recommend not traveling to this point at the hour. Facilitate the movement of emergency vehicles #Santiago”.
ATTENTION (07:44) to imminent traffic restriction on Av. San Diego / Paseo Bulnes / Eleuterio Ramírez, due to fire procedure in high-rise building. We recommend not traveling to this point at the hour. Facilitate the movement of emergency vehicles #Santiago pic.twitter.com/yX6hA0Q6pC
— TransportInforma Santiago Metropolitan Region (@TTISantiago) April 28, 2022