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With a total of 10 public buildings totally destroyed by the action of the flames and 3 firefighters volunteers injured, ended a true night of fury that engulfed the Panguipulli commune, this after protests over the death of a juggler at the hands of Carabineros in the center of the city.
According to the commander of the Panguipulli Fire Department, Rodolfo Zuniga, the work of extinguishing the flames continued until dawn, managing to control the emergency and focusing on eliminating the risks of regrowth, removal of debris and inspection of the destroyed structures.
Although the manager did not provide a complete list of the institutions because they were still in full working order, Radio Bío Bío was able to verify that among them is the Municipality of Panguipulli, the Municipal Social Department, Correos de Chile, ChileAtiende, the Civil Registry, Local Police Court, Essal and Human Resources of the Municipality. In addition, a attempted looting against a branch of the BCI bank.
Up to the lake district, 7 fire brigades from different places in the Los Ríos Region had to attend, in addition to all the fire companies from Panguipulli.
Zúñiga also indicated that the firefighters had to withdraw on several occasions due to attacks by the protesters themselves, resulting in three volunteers injured: two by radiation from fire and one by impact of stones.
In this sense, the commander explained that the fire that totally destroyed the town hall building was especially complex to combat, since “it was attacked from all sides”, and the withdrawal of the volunteers who came to fight it should have been ordered due to the ” rain of stones ”that the emergency personnel received.
The situation was made more serious by the special concern that the municipality’s warehouse had 200 liters of fuel, those who managed to withdraw without igniting, however he explained that inside the structure there were still large amounts of quaternary ammonium and other disinfectants that were being used for actions against the covid-19 pandemic, so specialized units Hazmat They worked to remove them without risk to the volunteers or the population.
Zúñiga confirmed that liquid or accelerating material from the flames was found inside all the institutions and offices that were affected. so he confirmed that all fires were intentional.
Listen here to the words of the commander of the Panguipulli Fire Department:
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