Families of the five homes affected by a fire at 101 José Gabriel García Street in the Colonial City trusted that the authorities will recover the property and help replace the property destroyed by the flames.
Until now they are housed in neighbors’ houses that since Tuesday night, when the fire occurred, offered them a home until their situation is defined. They are tenants of an old building located on José Gabriel García street, corner of Hostos.
Alexander Veras This Wednesday morning, he collected the rubble of the property that was burned. He said he was able to recover some of the property, but most of it burned down.
He reported that it was a short circuit generated by a high voltage that affected a television of a 74-year-old man who was blocked at the time of the fire, but who was helped by neighbors.
He deplored the delay of the firefighters, who, he said, arrived 10 minutes after the fire started, enough time for the flames to devour the wooden divisions that the building had.
“They came from the social plan of the Presidency, they did a survey and the firefighters too, after they clean up, the Social Plan comes to rehabilitate the house,” he said.
Prudencia Fernández, a community leader from Ciudad Colonial who lives next to the house where the fire occurred, attributes it to the fact that it had rained and the wood was wet, as well as a neighbor who poured water from a tank next to her to prevent the spread of the fire. fire.
“We appeal to businessmen and the government to empower these people, they are poor, they have no resources, these families are practically on the street,” he said.
He assured that the fire was caused by a high voltage, which, he said, are frequent in that area despite the reports that residents have offered to the corresponding electricity distribution company.
