Villa Salvador: two houses damaged by fire

AND Fire This Sunday, two houses were hit, located at 67 Las Macinarias Street in Pachacutec in the Villa El Salvador area. Firefighters had to deploy four fire engines to deal with the emergency as neighbors feared the fire would affect nearby homes.

“Today around 20:15 we took part in an emergency classified as code 2. These are two objects that are a carpentry workshop. There are 500 square meters between them, of which 200 have been compromised. We are working quickly to prevent the fire from spreading through neighboring houses. We deployed four fire engines, an ambulance and at least thirty military personnel. The emergency has already been brought under control,” said Antonio Arana Cardenas, head of the Second Brigade of South Lima. RPP.

There were no deaths or injuries, as there were no people in the room. The cause of the accident is being investigated, Ukrinform reports. fire brigade chiefwhile the surrounding houses were not damaged.

The fire destroyed the warehouse

What happened at Villa El Salvador was not the only incident this weekend. Early Saturday morning, a fire engulfed a property where recyclable materials were stored. Fear grew among the residents of the area because a house where fireworks were stored stood near the site.

Marco Pozo, Lima Centro’s deputy division commander, explained that the men in red were forced to enter a house next to the burning property to soak the pyrotechnic material in order to avoid a catastrophe.

“We determined that there was some kind of pyrotechnic material in the house next door, which we had to soak because otherwise it would be quite dangerous,” Pozo said. News RPP.

Although they had difficulty getting water, firefighters brought the flames under control around 03:00 to calm the residents.

85 fires in the New Year

Fire Commander Mario Casaretto Towerin dialogue with RPP Newsit turned out that on January 1, the company had to deal with 85 simultaneous fires in different areas of Lima and Callao.

“We continue to visit New Year’s bonfires at the same time: 00:10, 00:05. We were on the fire brigade, going to greet each other, and we had an emergency on Avenida Nicolás Arriola. Then we went to Saint John Lurigancho (SJL) where code 3 was received: 7 cars on fire in the garage, the whole house on the corner is completely engulfed in flames,” he said.