After Firefighters reported that they were able to control the fire in Punta Shopping on Monday —which affected 80% of the establishment—, Videos have already emerged that record how the interior turned out.
One of them shows escalators full of debris, the roof with openings where the morning sky filters, beams lying on the ground and others standing that testify to how little was left.
“Work continues to fully extinguish the fire.communicated the National Directorate of Firefighters in a tweet around 10:00.
The mall’s manager, Uri Ivanier, told the The Observer that “any serious person” does not talk about dates to reopen.
Pablo Benítez, spokesman for the Fire Department, said this Monday on Doble Click (FM Del Sol) that “the structure of Tienda Inglesa is damaged and has serious risk of collapse“. Nevertheless, the rest of the mall “was not so affected”, but it will have to be “evaluated when it cools down. “Possibly the structural strength has not been damaged and can stay“, held.
The mayor of Maldonado, Enrique Antía, was present at the scene. “Buses, trucks, vans, cars, all the books, clothing were burned down below,” he told The Observer. In any case, he highlighted the “great collaboration of road companies, neighborhoods and the Intendancy“. “Everyone contributed equipment to help firefighters who had almost no equipment“, he assured.
