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A devastating fire affected the Camanchaca fishery, destroying an important part of the frozen food plant in Talcahuano. According to the company, preliminarily, the incident was caused by repairs carried out at the site. From the Seremi de Salud del Bío Bío they announced a health summary towards the company.
After five hours of work, the fire in the company, located in the Las Industrias de Talcahuano sector, was controlled, leaving considerable material damage, but fortunately without registering injured workers or firefighters.
In a last statement from the Camanchaca fishery, signed by the general manager, Ricardo García, it was indicated that although the final investigation will determine the origin of the incident, preliminarily, the cause would have been an accident due to improvements and repairs being carried out.
The Talcahuano Firefighters Commander, Paolo Fregonara, confirmed the first containment of the fire, preventing its spread to other fishing companies in the sector.
“The extinction and control tasks have been effective. We have managed to contain the fire in the part of greatest concern. There is no spread to other sectors, “he said at the time.
Due to the magnitude of the emergency they collaborated in the combat 14 fire companies and almost 200 volunteers, who could not in any case prevent the dense smoke that emanated from going to the nearby Las Higueras Hospital, which together with the loss of jobs, was what worried the deputy mayor of the port commune, Alexis Silva.
“A fire of this magnitude directly affects the employment that people have today in the Talcahuano commune, mainly what this type of company generates,” he said.
Regarding the smoke that went towards the Higueras Hospital, he mentioned that “Precautions were taken. The director of the Environment, Guillermo Rivera, went to the place to talk with the director of the hospital so that she could take precautions ”.
The work inside the Camanchaca fishery, which could cause the fire, was confirmed by the Seremi de Salud del Bío Bío, a body that opened a health investigation against the company to determine the possible infraction that these non-essential works would constitute in a commune quarantine.
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