A warehouse of cleaning supplies burns in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Soldati

At least five City Firefighters are fighting a fire in a warehouse of cleaning supplies in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Soldati, for which they had to evacuate the entire block, police sources reported. The incident began this morning, after 8, in Mariano Acosta at 3265, almost corner Valparaiso, when the neighbors alerted the firefighters, who immediately went to the place and began to attack the flames after opening a gate of the building. However, after 9.30 the fire increased and caused the collapse of a wall on a neighboring house. The commander director of Fire of the City, Pablo Rodríguez, indicated that four endowments work in the place, together with one of volunteer firefighters, and that the fire is “circumscribed” within the perimeter of the deposit that has ground floor and a floor and measures 20 meters in front by 50 in depth. ” There are walls in danger of collapse, but all the neighboring houses are evacuated,” explained Rodríguez, who also pointed out that there are no victímas neither of the personnel who work in the place, nor among the neighbors. Finally, the official said that the work now focuses on the extinction of the fire, and the cooling of the materials, so that later the experts evaluate the material damage.

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