translated from Spanish: Pandemic: La Matanza volunteer firefighters put the barracks up for sale

In the midst of a coronavirus pandemic, the Volunteer Firefighters of La Matanza had to put up for sale the historic Central Barracks of Ramos Mejía, due to the critical economic situation. As reported in the Facebook statement, the reasons are linked to the “economic and financial situation of the institution”, in order to survive and “pay the million-dollar debts we have with the AFIP and the Utedyc Union (Union Workers of Sports and Civil Entities), who are our largest creditors”. The crisis, they say, is due to “bad administrations” since the 2006 municipal intervention: “The consequences were dire and resulted in the current situation, in which it is virtually impossible to deal with the expenses and debts previously generated.” It is sad and very regrettable for this situation, but it is the only option that remains to be addressed given the lack of attention of the national, provincial and municipal authorities, who should take note of the importance of the work that the Volunteer Firefighter provides in a selfless way to our society,” they said.
Firefighters explained that, so far, they did not have a viable aid alternative to clean up the institution. “We are in an unimaginable pandemic. As unimaginable as we have to sell our beloved Barracks to pay debts to the state, rather than who, we provide more than 5,000 services a year totally free of charge,” they said. The barracks, founded in 1946, located at 110 Suipacha Street, currently has 21 members of the Board of Directors, 223 Volunteer Firefighters – men and women – who make up the Active Corps, with 42 members of the Active Reserve and 13 children in the Cadet School.” In our Barracks countless families have been formed in the traditional and famous dances of the 1960s and ’70s. A lot of memories will be left in all of us,” they recalled. 
As explained in the video, this is a debt of 130 million pesos; for that reason, they launched a campaign in Change.org for “the national government to grant debt forgiveness, as well as have forgiven private companies, that can do so with a public good institution.” We’re not going to stop until we pull this out, no matter what,” the firefighters in the video end, who clarified that despite this context “the emergency service continues to be provided.”
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