Fire in the warehouse in Renca: accident would be contained, and authorities rule out injuries inside the enclosure for now

After 7:00 p.m., the authorities indicated that the fire that affected a warehouse in the Renca commune would be contained, even more uncontrolled.

For now, both Carabineros and Firefighters have ruled out wounded inside, although the Fire Commander, Diego Velásquez indicated that there was a firefighter who suffered “heat stress” due to the high temperatures.

Carabineros Lieutenant Patricio Castillo He pointed out that the main maneuvers have been to cut off and isolate the spread of the fire. He explained that for now there would be no difficulty for the operation of national and international flights. Labocar will be in charge of investigating the origin of the accident, whose investigation will be in charge of the North Central Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office.

Velásquez added that the toxicity of the cloud is complicated by corresponding to large tires. I call

It is estimated that there will be jobs until at least 9 pm. So far at least 400 people were working in the sector.

The tire storage warehouse is located in El Ventisquero with Calle de Servicio Norte.

As reported through social networks, 21 companies from the Santiago Fire Department – with 29 cars – have already been dispatched to fight the flames.

According to information from the National Emergency Office (Onemi), no people have been reported injured from this fire.

From Transporte Informa they warn to be very careful when driving on the Costanera Norte highway in the Petersen sector, since there is a reduction of tracks to the east and west due to the fire.